Mr. Goldman is a partner in the Tax Department of McDermott, Will & Emery's Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in federal and state tax controversy matters, including both administrative representation and litigation. He was chairman of the Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations of the American Bar Association's Tax Section and has lectured and written articles on a wide variety of tax topics.
After serving in the United States Army, Mr. Goldman was an attorney in the Appellate Section, Tax Division, of the U.S. Department of Justice (1968–1972). He then went into private practice in Washington, D.C., with the law firm of Lee, Toomey & Kent (which merged with McDermott, Will & Emery in 1994). Mr. Goldman received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1962, and graduated, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1965. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1965 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1972.