Richard Godshall

Richard Godshall is the owner, managing partner, and lead trial attorney at Ostroff Godshall. His practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury matters, including serious motor vehicle and trucking accidents, construction site injuries, premises liability, and medical malpractice. Unlike many firm owners, Rich delegates the day-to-day firm management so he can concentrate on building and litigating cases. He owns the law firm, but he works to be known as a trial lawyer. As the firm’s most seasoned trial attorney, he has obtained multiple six- and seven-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured clients. Rich began his legal career representing corporations and insurance companies. He was named the youngest partner at a regional defense firm with more than 100 attorneys. Despite that success, he came to recognize that his skills and values were better aligned with representing injured individuals rather than defending corporate interests. That realization became deeply personal when Rich’s father, a union carpenter, suffered a disabling fall at work. After being turned away by multiple firms, Rich and his family experienced firsthand the challenges working families face when navigating the legal system after a life-altering injury. That experience continues to shape Rich’s approach to litigation and the way he leads OG, with a focus on preparation, persistence, and fairness for clients facing well-resourced opposition. Rich understands the physical struggles that come with a serious injury and the personal strain families face when an injury forces a loved one out of work while financial pressures continue to mount. His perspective is informed not only by decades of trial experience, but by having helped his own family navigate a life-altering workplace injury.