Jonathan Goldman represents and counsels businesses, municipalities and individuals in general disputes and complex litigation matters in federal and state courts, as well as in administrative proceedings, across the country. He has negotiated complex settlements and taken cases through full jury trial and appeal.
Mr. Goldman is a trial lawyer with a diverse practice in such areas as:
· commercial litigation including contract disputes and "deals gone wrong," as well as real estate and insurance litigation
· employment litigation including employee defection, trade secrets, restrictive covenants and unfair competition
· bankruptcy litigation on behalf of individual creditors, creditors' committees, debtors and trustees, including fraudulent transfers and preference claims
· trusts and estate litigation, including fee disputes and will fights
· consumer financial services litigation including disputes under TILA, RESPA, FCRA, ECOA and FDCPA, state law UDAP claims and a variety of common law claims
Mr. Goldman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rochelle S. Friedman on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Representative Matters
· Obtained $40 million settlement on behalf of the liquidator of an insurance company in an actuarial/accounting malpractice suit against a major accounting firm
· Second-chaired multi-week jury trial to verdict concerning real estate and employment issues arising from theft and use of agency information and improper customer solicitation by agent defecting to competitor, including breach of restrictive covenant, tortuous interference with contract, breach of duty of loyalty, conspiracy, and additional claims of fraudulent concealment and spoliation of evidence
· Advised and represented municipality with respect to employment and labor issues arising out of state takeover act, in several legal forums including state agency and trial and appellate courts
· Represented Chapter 7 Trustee in multi-district litigation matter and numerous bankruptcy disputes involving thoroughbred horses, oil and gas, and tax issues
· Defended public company in high, six-figure breach of contract suit, settling efficiently for less than one-third the damages sought, to be paid over more than two years
· Obtained $800,000 settlement on behalf of major bank on a temporary restraining order (TRO) and fraud action against mortgage broker
· Represented major bank in matters concerning fee disputes with trust beneficiaries arising out of its role as trustee of irrevocable trusts
· Represented interested parties with respect to documents sought by business competitors through Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law
· Served as counsel to creditors' committee of gaming business in bankruptcy litigation involving its Chapter 11 reorganization
· Represented death row inmate in post-conviction proceedings seeking to obtain new trial and reversal of death penalty
Community Service & Affiliations
Mr. Goldman has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association (YLD) which manages and directs the business and activities of the YLD's 3,000-plus members, and oversees more than 30 committees in the areas of public service, law-related education, and service to the legal community. He is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Business Law Section.
Mr. Goldman is a member of the pro bono committee at Blank Rome and handles a number of pro bono cases each year on behalf of indigent clients. He has been named to the first Judicial District of Pennsylvania Pro Bono Roll of Honor every year since 2007.
Mr. Goldman is a member of the Annual Giving Committee of Princeton University and the Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council. Since 2001, he has served as the Class Agent for the Princeton University Class of 1996, in charge of its Annual Giving campaign on behalf of the University. Mr. Goldman also serves as an alumni interviewer through the Princeton Alumni Schools Committee.
Mr. Goldman is a member of the Regional Young Leadership Cabinet of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and a member of Beth Sholom and Adath Jeshurun Synagogues in Elkins Park.
Since 1992, Mr. Goldman has served as the Class Secretary for his graduating class at the Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland.
Memberships
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
Beth Sholom Congregation
Philadelphia Bar Association
Princeton University Alumni Association
Princeton Club of Philadelphia
Events
FEDERAL COURT DISCOVERY DISPUTES: A VIEW FROM THE BENCH
[Event]
Philadelphia Bar Association's Federal Courts and Young Lawyers Division
March 25, 2010
Jonathan Scott Goldman
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL IN THE MIDDLE: NAVIGATING ISSUES BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES
[Event]
Marvin Comisky Conference Center, One Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA
June 24, 2008
Michael P. Broadhurst, Michael J. Conlan, Francis X. Crowley, Leigh Ann Buziak, Alan M. Freeman, Barry Friedman, et al.
Publications
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED? THE DOCTRINE OF DEVIATION, THE CASE OF DOCTOR BARNES'S TRUST, AND THE FUTURE LOCATION OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION
[Article]
Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal
Winter 2005
Jonathan Scott Goldman
Just What the Doctor Ordered? The Doctrine of Deviation, the Case of Doctor Barnes's Trust, and the Future Location of the Barnes Foundation, 39 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 711 (2005).
TAKE THAT TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AND SUPER SIZE IT! THE DEEP-FRYING OF THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY?
[Article]
Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review
Fall 2003
Jonathan Scott Goldman
FRESH START: REDEFINING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO INCLUDE CLASS
[Article]
Race versus Class: The New Affirmative Action Debate (University Press of America)
1996
Jonathan Scott Goldman
News
BARNES FOUNDATION GENERAL COUNSEL & BLANK ROME ATTORNEY DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL LEGAL COMPLEXITIES OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION
[Press Release]
October 31, 2011
Jonathan Scott Goldman
COMMERCIAL LITIGATOR BRINGS ARTS EXPERIENCE
[Press Release]
October 31, 2006
Jonathan Scott Goldman