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Steven Goodell Wins Stickel Award

  • May 22, 2025

The Fred G. Stickel Award has been presented to Steven P. Goodell of the firm of Parker McCay, PA. The Stickel Award is given in recognition of excellence in local government law, exemplary service to the legal profession and unselfish assistance rendered to local governments and other local government attorneys. It is the highest award given by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.

Established by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys (NJILGA), the Stickel Award is given in honor of Fred G. Stickel, III, who was a Past President of NJILGA and General Counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM). Stickel, who died Dec. 10, 1998, was one of New Jersey’s most outstanding local government attorneys. His distinguished service awards are too numerous to mention, including those from various governors and the New Jersey Senate and Assembly. He was secretary of the governor’s commission to revise the municipal law in 1959 and served on various government municipal law commissions. He was school board attorney for Cedar Grove for 40 years and attorney for Cedar Grove for 15 years, Roseland for 20 years and Verona for five years. He also was special attorney for at least 60 other municipalities.

Steven P. Goodell has been an attorney since 1984. He graduated from Bucknell University with a B.A. with honors in English (1980) and the University of Texas School of Law (1984), where he received the A.P. Jones Scholarship Award. In law school Mr. Goodell clerked for the Environmental Protection Division of the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Mr. Goodell began his legal career at the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, where he was a trial team leader. Prior to joining his current firm, Parker McCay, P.A., he was a name partner in a small Princeton-based litigation firm.Mr. Goodell serves as township attorney for Hopewell Township (Mercer County) and Cranbury Township, board attorney for the Delaware Township zoning and planning boards; special counsel to the Diocese of Trenton, and general counsel to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). He also serves as associate counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and was recently elected as President of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.Steven Goodell was the 2019 recipient of the Adam Taliaferro Foundation Award in recognition of his fight to return to practice after a 2016 cycling accident. He was also recipient of the 2018 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Award of Honor. He is a frequent speaker on municipal and sports-law issues. Steven Goodell concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal and land use law, sports law, and litigation in all courts. He serves as a court-appointed special hearing officer for affordable housing cases, general counsel to the state high school athletic association, and represents municipalities and religious entities throughout New Jersey. He is a former Trustee and Chair of Isles Inc., and is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and National Diocesan Attorneys Association.

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Steven Goodell Wins Stickel Award

The Fred G. Stickel Award has been presented to Steven P. Goodell of the firm of Parker McCay, PA. The Stickel Award is given in recognition of excellence in local government law, exemplary service to the legal profession and unselfish assistance rendered to local governments and other local government attorneys. It is the highest award given by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.

Established by the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys (NJILGA), the Stickel Award is given in honor of Fred G. Stickel, III, who was a Past President of NJILGA and General Counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM). Stickel, who died Dec. 10, 1998, was one of New Jersey’s most outstanding local government attorneys. His distinguished service awards are too numerous to mention, including those from various governors and the New Jersey Senate and Assembly. He was secretary of the governor’s commission to revise the municipal law in 1959 and served on various government municipal law commissions. He was school board attorney for Cedar Grove for 40 years and attorney for Cedar Grove for 15 years, Roseland for 20 years and Verona for five years. He also was special attorney for at least 60 other municipalities.

Steven P. Goodell has been an attorney since 1984. He graduated from Bucknell University with a B.A. with honors in English (1980) and the University of Texas School of Law (1984), where he received the A.P. Jones Scholarship Award. In law school Mr. Goodell clerked for the Environmental Protection Division of the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Mr. Goodell began his legal career at the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, where he was a trial team leader. Prior to joining his current firm, Parker McCay, P.A., he was a name partner in a small Princeton-based litigation firm.Mr. Goodell serves as township attorney for Hopewell Township (Mercer County) and Cranbury Township, board attorney for the Delaware Township zoning and planning boards; special counsel to the Diocese of Trenton, and general counsel to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). He also serves as associate counsel to the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and was recently elected as President of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.Steven Goodell was the 2019 recipient of the Adam Taliaferro Foundation Award in recognition of his fight to return to practice after a 2016 cycling accident. He was also recipient of the 2018 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Award of Honor. He is a frequent speaker on municipal and sports-law issues. Steven Goodell concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal and land use law, sports law, and litigation in all courts. He serves as a court-appointed special hearing officer for affordable housing cases, general counsel to the state high school athletic association, and represents municipalities and religious entities throughout New Jersey. He is a former Trustee and Chair of Isles Inc., and is a member of the Mercer County Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association and National Diocesan Attorneys Association.