Attorney Steven Goldman

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

He 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 of New York. 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 arraignments, plea bargaining, suppression hearings, mental fitness hearings, trials—literally every aspect of criminal defense. He also trained new lawyers and law students in trial practice. It was during his time at Legal Aid that Mr. Goldman became a highly effective criminal defense attorney.

From 1997–2000 Mr. Goldman worked at the Bronx Defenders. 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. It was during his time at Bronx Defenders that he mastered the dual arts of plea negotiation and trying a case.

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 case in both federal and state courts
• The representation of victims of professional misconduct by doctors