Barrie L. Goldstein
Washington Depot, CT 06794
tel.: (860) 868-6444
fax: (860) 868-0303
Email: bgoldstein@bgoldsteinlaw.com
Experience:
October 2001 – March 2005
The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division
Director, Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit, supervising unit responsible for advocating reform of systemic issues in the child protection and juvenile rights areas, and litigating the domestic violence case, Nicholson v. Williams, 181 F. Supp.2d 182 (E.D.N.Y. 2001).
December 2000 – October 2001
Shawn Coulson PC
Of Counsel, litigating matters in federal and state courts, including dispute involving presence of Harriet Beecher Stowe house in Litchfield, CT.
January 1999 – November 2000
Law Office of Barrie L. Goldstein, Esq.
Consultant providing services on a $22 million commercial dispute being litigated in federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts and state court. Attorney for aggrieved party in copyright dispute.
April 1995 – December 1998
Owen & Davis PC
Special Counsel practicing in all aspects of federal and state litigation, including arbitration of disputes and copyright law.
March 1983 – March 1995
New York State Department of Law
Special Litigation Counsel, responsible for unique and complex litigation in all courts. Experienced in commercial and in employment discrimination matters, constitutional issues and questions of federal procedure. Representative for Attorney General on the Johns Manville Committee, an interstate committee which successfully recovered over $20 million for asbestos damage to property. Chairperson of the State Asbestos Committee, a 35-state consortium, participating as a member of the creditors' committees in the National Gypsum and Celotex reorganizations.
August 1979 – March 1982
Burns, Jackson, Summit, Rovins, Spitzer & Feldesman
Associate, litigating in both federal and state courts involving all aspects of commercial and business law, including SEC matters.
September 1974 – July 1979
United States Department of Justice, Civil Division
Honors Program litigator with practice mainly concentrated in employment discrimination law and the enforcement of regulatory programs of government agencies.
Education:
1971 – 1974
The National Law Center
George Washington University
Juris Doctor degree with Honors received in June 1974.
1967 – 1971
Syracuse University
Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, with Honors in Political Science awarded in June 1971.
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa
1989 President's Distinguished Service Award Presented by National Association of Attorneys General
1992 President's Distinguished Service Award Presented by National Association of Attorneys General
1995 Recipient "Chairperson Extraordinaire" State Asbestos Committee
1995 Recipient for "Special Effort and Outstanding Professionalism," New York State
Board of Commissioners of Pilots
2001 Recipient NYCLA CLE Program Chair Award
Publications:
State Constitutional Provisions And Related Legal Matters Dealing With School Finance. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Education, December 1973 (Edited by Linda Perle).
Silard and Goldstein, "Toward Abolition of Local Funding in Public Education," 3 Journal of Law and Education 307 (1974).
Professional Affiliations:
Member, Connecticut Bar Association (2006-present)
Member, Litchfield County Bar Association (2007-present)
Memeber, Federal Practice Committee, Connecticut Bar Association (2006-present)
Member, Family Law Committee, Connecticut Bar Association (2006-present)
Member, Program Committee, Federal Bar Council (2003-present)
Member, Connecticut Committee, Federal Bar Council (2005-present)
Chair, Board of Directors, Federal Bar Council (2001-2003)
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Federal Bar Council (1999-2001)
Chairperson, Liaison Committee of the Federal Bar Council on Implementation of the Report of the Second Circuit Committee on Race and Gender Bias (1997)
Second Circuit Committee on Race and Gender Bias (1997)
Association of the Bar of the City of New York. (1979-present)
Bar Affiliations:
Numerous, including state and federal trial and appellate courts in Connecticut and New York