Biography

R. Austin Goodale

Mr. Goodale is an Arizona native, and has been an Arizona Family Law attorney for the past 21 years.

Mr. Goodale attended Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona, graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1975, and began active duty as a U.S. Air Force officer and pilot that year.

After a year of pilot training, Mr. Goodale was stationed in the U.S. and in the Far East as an Air Force pilot, flying missions world-wide throughout the U.S., the Far East, the Pacific, and Europe, accumulating more than 2,000 flying hours.

Following six years as an active duty military pilot, Mr. Goodale attended Texas Tech University School of Law and Texas Tech College of Business Administration, graduating in 1985 with both a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) law degree and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

Mr. Goodale has been licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona since 1985, and has represented clients in Family Court matters continuously for the past 21 years. Mr. Goodale knows Family Law, and he knows the Family Court system; more than that, he knows the pain of divorce, both personally and professionally over the past 21 years, and he has a heart of compassion. He and his wife share a blended family of six children, four of whom are married, living in the East Valley, with two younger still at home. He understands family, relationships, and Family Law; he represents his clients with both a heart of compassion and with expert family law skill. He stands ready to hear, and to help, YOUR family law situation.