John Godbout, Esq. Managing Partner

BACKGROUND

John Godbout grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. Although he gamely participated in organized sports every season of the year from 4th through 12th grades, John was arguably more of a mathlete, with a particular flair for joining and leading student organizations in high school.

John graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a degree in American Government. In college, John interned in the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as for the then-powerhouse lobbying firm of Black, Manafort Stone & Kelly.

John was offered a Dean’s Merit Scholarship to study law at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, FL. During law school, John studied abroad in Spain and was a certified legal intern at the Florida Department of Transportation, District 6, where he learned to litigate from a team of tremendously gifted and experienced attorneys in the very specialized practice of eminent domain law. After his internship ended, John stayed on at FDOT as a paralegal until he graduated and passed the Florida and then Connecticut Bar exams.

John was an associate for a Miami litigation firm specializing in aviation and transportation tort defense for several years before returning to FDOT as Assistant General Counsel (D6), and then spent a decade at a Fortune 100 insurance company where he led a team of professionals specializing in directors and officers liability claims.

 
John went on to lead the reorganization of a midsize, multistate law firm based in Miami with six domestic offices and a satellite location in Medellin, Columbia, and later to reimagine and rebuild a boutique law firm in Boston, MA specializing in corporate governance and business operations for entrepreneurs and early-stage companies preparing for crowdsourcing and public investment. John also served as COO and later CEO of a Canadian firm specializing in sustainable advisory services.

 
John splits his time between Orlando and Boston.