Selected Federal Trials and Investigations

Mr. Goldstein has served as lead trial counsel in dozens of federal prosecutions across the country involving complex white-collar charges, securing acquittals, dismissals, and precedent-setting rulings in federal court.

Federal Jury and Bench Trials:

• Lead trial counsel for high-ranking law enforcement officer acquitted of all counts after federal jury trial. (United States v. Torigian).
• Lead trial counsel for prominent businesswoman acquitted in federal court of conspiracy and fraud offenses.
• Lead trial counsel for prominent real-estate professional acquitted of all counts in complex federal prosecution.
• Co-counsel at trial for prominent businessman acquitted in federal RICO and wire fraud prosecution involving more than 100 counts.
• Co-counsel at trial for prominent business owner acquitted of all counts in a complex federal tax prosecution.
• Lead trial counsel for executive charged with federal wire fraud and securities fraud; jury deadlocked, mistrial declared, and charges subsequently dismissed.
• Lead trial counsel for executive charged in sweeping federal RICO prosecution, secured probation sentence after multi-week federal trial.
• After a lengthy federal bench trial, established client’s actual innocence of a 1970’s state court offense that served as a sentencing predicate in subsequent federal prosecution (Mr. Goldstein did not represent client in original federal case). In a decision spanning more than 100 pages, the Court found defendant had satisfied his burden of proving his actual innocence of the 1970’s state court offense. Client released from prison and spared approximately an additional ten years of incarceration.

Pretrial Dismissals and Evidentiary Rulings:

• Lead counsel: Dismissal of federal charges against entrepreneur.
• Lead counsel: Dismissal of federal charges against foreign national accused of improperly accessing a company’s computer network.
• Lead counsel: Dismissal of 34 of 35 counts in federal racketeering prosecution of industry-leading entrepreneur; plea to regulatory infraction.
• Suppression of evidence seized pursuant to federal search warrant and dismissal of charges for multi-national executive charged in sweeping federal RICO prosecution.

Appellate/Precedent Setting Opinions:

• Secured new trial from federal appeals court after serving as lead trial counsel in 12 day federal trial for executive charged in complex federal mail and wire fraud prosecution involving investment of §1031 (deferred property exchange) funds in the options market.
• A ground-breaking legal decision invalidating the government’s seizure of emails without a warrant (United States v. Warshak).

Pre-Indictment Wins:

• Prevented federal indictment of billionaire businessman.
• Prevented federal indictment of centimillionaire businessman; one of very few spared from Varsity Blues prosecution.
• Prevented federal indictment of principal of accounting firm.
• Prevented indictment of partner of Am Law 20 law firm.