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Thomas C. Goldstein
Thomas C. Goldstein is the head of Akin Gump’s Washington, D.C., litigation practice and the co-head of the firm wide Supreme Court practice. Mr. Goldstein has argued 18 cases before the Supreme Court, including matters involving federal patent law, class action practice, labor and employment, and disability law. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Goldstein teaches Supreme Court Litigation at both Stanford and Harvard Law Schools.
Before joining Akin Gump, Mr. Goldstein was a partner at Goldstein & Howe, the firm he founded in 1999. He previously practiced law at Boies & Schiller, LLP and at Jones Day Reavis & Pogue.
Since 2003, Mr. Goldstein has been principally responsible for SCOTUSblog, which is devoted to coverage of the Supreme Court and is widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier legal Internet sites.
Mr. Goldstein has been repeatedly recognized as a leading member of the bar. He is listed in the most recent edition of The National Law Journal’s list of the nation’s 100 Most Influential Lawyers. Among other recognitions, The American Lawyer lauded Mr. Goldstein as one of the “Star Laterals of the Year,” and Legal Times named him as one of the leading appellate lawyers in Washington.
In addition, Mr. Goldstein has been hailed as a leading young lawyer. In 2006, Lawyers USA named him one of seven lawyers in America who have positioned themselves to make a significant impact on their profession; The National Law Journal named him as one of the nation’s leading attorneys under the age of 40 (and profiled him as one of the top 10); The American Lawyer recognized him as one of the nation’s top 45 attorneys under the age of 45; and Washingtonian magazine named him one of the leading constitutional lawyers and one of a half-dozen attorneys to watch in the 21st century in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Goldstein is involved with a number of professional organizations. He serves on the board of trustees of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on the Amicus Committee of the ABA Intellectual Property Section and on the board of advisors of the Georgetown University Supreme Court Institute.
Mr. Goldstein received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1992 and his J.D. summa cum laude from American University’s Washington College of Law in 1995, after which he clerked for the Honorable Patricia M. Wald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars.
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