David L. Goldman
With 38 years of Florida legal experience, David L. Goldman has spent nearly four decades representing people injured in car accidents, motorcycle crashes, and other serious motor vehicle accidents, as well as families pursuing wrongful-death claims. Admitted to The Florida Bar in 1987, David has focused his career on representing injured people, with motor vehicle accident cases making up a substantial part of his practice.
Over the course of that career, David has represented clients facing serious injuries, extensive medical treatment, insurance disputes, permanent impairments, and the consequences of fatal accidents. He has also spent decades in leadership roles within Florida personal injury practices.
David is a senior partner at Goldman Babboni Fernandez Murphy & Walsh — Justice Pays® and has deep professional and community roots in Sarasota and Southwest Florida.
38 Years Representing Car Accident and Personal Injury Clients
David graduated from Tulane University School of Law in 1987 and was admitted to The Florida Bar on November 30 of that year.
Over the next 38 years, David's practice has focused on representing injured people, with car accidents and other motor vehicle accident cases accounting for a substantial part of his work.
Decades of Leadership in Florida Personal Injury Law
David's career has included substantial leadership responsibilities within personal injury practices serving Florida's Gulf Coast.
His professional history includes partnerships with Macy, Glober, Goldman, Robinson & Farrow; Cate & Goldman, P.A.; and Goldman & Kleinberg, P.A. At Goldman & Kleinberg, P.A., Florida corporate records identify David L. Goldman as President and Director of the Sarasota-based law firm.
For decades, David has combined representing injured clients with helping lead personal injury practices serving communities throughout Florida's West Coast.
His years in firm leadership add another dimension to his legal experience: David has spent much of his career both representing injured people and helping lead law practices responsible for handling personal injury and wrongful-death cases.
Today, he continues that work as a senior partner at Goldman Babboni Fernandez Murphy & Walsh.
Serious Motor Vehicle Accident and Wrongful-Death Experience
Motor vehicle accident cases have made up a substantial part of David's personal injury practice throughout his career.
His experience includes car crashes, motorcycle accidents, commercial-vehicle collisions, serious injuries, and wrongful-death claims. That work has required David to evaluate liability, insurance coverage, medical evidence, damages, and the long-term effect an accident can have on an injured person or family.
His wrongful-death practice has also involved representing families after fatal accidents, where the legal case may proceed alongside significant personal and financial loss.
After nearly four decades in plaintiff personal injury law, David brings long-term experience to the decisions that can affect how a serious accident or wrongful-death case is investigated, developed, negotiated, or litigated.
Service on the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
David's professional career has included service on Florida's Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which serves Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto Counties.
Judicial Nominating Commissions evaluate applicants for judicial vacancies and recommend qualified candidates for consideration in Florida's judicial appointment process.
Historical professional records place David's service on the Twelfth Circuit commission from approximately 1998 through 2001.
That service placed him directly within the process used to evaluate candidates for judicial office in the same regional court system where he has spent much of his legal career.
Direct Personal Involvement With Clients
Throughout his career, David has placed a strong emphasis on direct client communication and personal involvement.
Even after decades in practice and leadership roles within personal injury law firms, he continues to make himself available to clients, answer questions, and help them understand what is happening with their case.
That personal involvement remains an important part of David's approach to representing people after serious car accidents, motorcycle crashes, and other injury-causing events.
Professional Leadership and Recognition
David has remained active in organizations supporting plaintiff lawyers, trial practice, and the civil justice system throughout his career.
David has also received professional recognition during his career, including a reported Legislative Leadership Award from the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, now known as the Florida Justice Association.
His current profile with The National Trial Lawyers identifies him among its Top 100 trial lawyers in Florida's Central West region.
His professional history also includes recognition by Florida legal and business publications for his work and leadership in the legal profession.
More Than Three Decades of Sarasota Community Involvement
David's connection to Sarasota extends well beyond his law practice.
For more than three decades, he has participated in civic, charitable, cultural, and community organizations throughout Sarasota and Southwest Florida.
One of his longest-standing commitments has been to Second Chance Last Opportunity, a Sarasota nonprofit organization that helps people facing crisis develop practical skills and obtain support needed to move forward.
David has been involved with the organization for more than two decades and has served in senior board leadership. He currently serves as Co-President of Second Chance Last Opportunity.
His community involvement has also included service or support associated with:
-Community Foundation of Sarasota County
-Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce
-Sarasota-Manatee Jewish community organizations
-Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
-Chabad of Sarasota and Manatee Counties
This longstanding involvement gives David a connection to Sarasota that is both professional and personal.
Public Service, Writing and Community Advocacy
David's career has also included involvement in public-policy and community issues outside the courtroom.
His history includes involvement with Floridians for Fair Elections and civic efforts concerned with elections and government accountability.
He has written on public and community matters for Florida newspapers and has been identified as a guest columnist for the Bradenton Herald. His writings have also appeared in or been associated with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, and Tampa Tribune.
David also co-published the Sarasota County Watchdog, a consumer publication focused on local government accountability.
Together, this work reflects a career closely connected to law, civic affairs, and the Sarasota community.
38 Years of Florida Personal Injury Experience
For 38 years, David Goldman has represented injured people and families while also helping lead personal injury practices throughout Florida's Gulf Coast region.
His career combines nearly four decades of car accident and personal injury experience, wrongful-death representation, law-firm leadership, service within Florida's judicial-selection system, direct client involvement, and longstanding Sarasota community leadership.
As a senior partner at Goldman Babboni Fernandez Murphy & Walsh, David's individual experience is supported by a firm whose partners bring more than 150 years of combined legal experience and whose attorneys have recovered more than $500 million for injured clients.
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Professional Association:
-The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
-Florida Justice Association
-American Association for Justice
-Southern Trial Lawyers Association
-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
-Manasota Trial Lawyers
-The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section
