Biography

Education

• AB, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
• JD, American University, Washington College of Law, 1995

Employment

• Law Clerk, Honorary Patricia M. Wald, 1995—1996
• Associate, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, 1996—1997
• Associate, Boies & Schiller, 1997—1999
• Partner, Goldstein & Howe, PC, 1999—2006
• Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, 2006—Present

Courses

• Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

In the News

• High Court Rules Narrowly In Voting Rights Case
  National Public Radio - Legal Affairs, June 23, 2009
• Study Shows SG's Influence In Certs Granted
  The National Law Journal, June 16, 2009
• Less Buck For Their Bang
  The National Law Journal, June 15, 2009
• Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands On Race
  Time , June 11, 2009
• Cautious at Heart
  The New York Times, June 09, 2009

Publications & Cases

• Tom Goldstein, Her Justice is Blind, New York Times, June 16, 2009, pg. A19.
• Kathleen M. Sullivan (moderator), Randy E. Barnett, Thomas C. Goldstein, Alan B. Morrison, John Payton, Deborah Pearlstein, Andrew J. Pincus Supreme Court Review, organized by the American Constitution Society, at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., July 1, 2008.
• Pamela S. Karlan, Thomas C. Goldstein, Reid H. Weingarten and Amy Howe, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: Kay v. United States of America, No. 07- in the Supreme Court of the United States (April 9, 2008).
• Thomas C. Goldstein, Kevin K. Russell, Kassius O. Benson and Pamela S. Karlan, Reply Brief for the Petitioner: Greenlaw v. United States of America, No. 07-330 in the Supreme Court of the United States (April 8, 2008).
• Tom Goldstein, Is Death Penalty for Child Rapist Excessive, Legal Times, January 2, 2008.
• Tom Goldstein, The Next Supreme Court Justice? Daily Journal, December 20, 2007.
• Thomas Goldstein, Deception at the Supreme Court: The Upcoming Term Will Look Like a Move to the Left. Don't be Fooled, Slate.com, September 28, 2007.