Stephen Goodman, a longtime partner and practice leader at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, a jazz musician and a pioneer in emerging business law, died Friday morning at the age of 77, his former firm said.

“Steve was a towering figure in the Philadelphia legal and business community,” Morgan Lewis chair Jami McKeon said in a message to the firm. “His reputation was fully earned by his dedicated and skilled counsel to his clients, his kindness to others and active support of both clients and younger lawyers, and his special way of fully embracing his love of the law alongside his love of life, entrepreneurs, music and his family.”