1. Tom Goldstein is known for his advocacy before and blog about the Supreme Court of the United States.
12 Facts About Tom Goldstein
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Tom Goldstein was a founding partner of Goldstein and Howe, a Washington, DC, firm specializing in Supreme Court litigation, and was, until the end of 2010, a partner at Akin Gump, where he was co-head of the litigation and Supreme Court practices.
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In 2003, Tom Goldstein co-founded SCOTUSblog, the most widely read blog covering the Supreme Court, and remains the publisher and occasional contributor, providing analyses and summaries of Supreme Court decisions and cert petitions.
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On January 16,2025, Tom Goldstein was indicted in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts and fraudulently hiring female employees with whom he was having intimate personal relationships, allowing them to obtain health insurance.
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Tom Goldstein served as second chair for Laurence Tribe on New York Times Co.
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The article focused on the practice pioneered by Tom Goldstein of identifying and pursuing cases that are likely to be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
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Tom Goldstein founded SCOTUSblog, a prominent blog covering the Supreme Court.
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On January 16,2025, Tom Goldstein was indicted in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts.
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Tom Goldstein allegedly created fake employment arrangements with at least a dozen women he had personal, intimate relationships with, paying them hundreds of thousands of dollars and providing health insurance through his firm, despite little or no work being performed.
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In 2013, Tom Goldstein was elected to the American Law Institute and he currently serves as an Adviser on ALI's Restatement Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.
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On October 7,2020, Goldstein represented Google in Google LLC v Oracle America, Inc.
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In 2024, Tom Goldstein authored an op-ed in the New York Times where he called for an end to criminal cases against Donald Trump.