
Jacob Goad
Workers' compensation and personal injury attorney; principal at Law Office of Jacob Goad in Durham, NC; immediate past chair of NCAJ's Hispanic Latino Legal Issues Division.
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Jun 15, 2026
Se Habla Español: How Speaking Spanish Shaped Jacob Goad’s Journey to Practice Law
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Amber NimocksHOST
Was there a case or a moment or a particular client that early on or at any time in your career where you knew that this is exactly what I should be doing? I know I've made the right decision to pursue workers' comp.

Jacob GoadGUEST
I was working at the law offices of James Scott Farron under the guidance of several mentors.

Jacob GoadGUEST
They had me paired not with one attorney, but like all the attorneys because I was bilingual.

Jacob GoadGUEST
And so I had the benefit of seeing different styles and selecting from those styles the one that I wanted to incorporate in my practice, which was extremely valuable.

Jacob GoadGUEST
But coming back to your question, the cases that come to mind are cases that involve people who are probably first-generation, Immigrant employees who have no longer have use of their legs or no longer have use of their brain and the way that they did before.

Amber NimocksHOST
How is the HLD division or HLD? How are you able to try to help your fellow attorneys meet those challenges? What's the work going on there that's helping?