Attorney Steven Goldman

Goldman and Associates

Education

Steven Goldman graduated from Michigan State University in 1982 with a BA in political philosophy, and in 1985 from Rutgers Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree.

Experience

Mr. Goldman worked at the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1985–1987, where he represented indigent criminal defendants in arraignments and bench warrant hearings. The thousands of arraignments he did during this time helped him develop a skill for bail arguments that serves his clients well to the present day.

From 1988 – 1997 he worked as a Staff Attorney at the Brooklyn office of The Legal Aid Society. During his tenure at Legal Aid, he represented thousands of people charged with everything from jumping a turnstile to murder and everything in between. His practice included trials, suppression hearings, arraignments, mental health adjudications, and plea negotiations—literally every aspect of criminal defense. He also trained new lawyers and law students in trial practice. His experience at Legal Aid made Mr. Goldman became a highly effective criminal defense attorney.

From 1997–2000 Mr. Goldman worked at the Bronx Defenders, a holistic criminal defense provider dedicated to high-quality representation for all Bronx residents. In a little over two years, he conducted thirteen serious felony trials to verdict. Of those thirteen trials, eleven resulted in acquittals. He also engaged in extensive grand jury practice, negotiated numerous pleas, conducted suppression hearings and taught trial practice to less experienced attorneys.

Publications

• New York Law Journal | It's Time To End the War on Drugs

Between 2000 and the present, Mr. Goldman diversified his legal practice to include:

• The defense of federal criminal cases
• The prosecution of false arrest and police brutality cases in both federal and state courts
• The representation of victims of professional misconduct by doctors