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

• Stanford Clinic Scores Supreme Success
  California Lawyer, July 07, 2008
• Supreme Court Ends Term On Ideological Edge
  National Public Radio, July 07, 2008
• Publications Honor Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Partners
  Maetropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 01, 2008
• Divided Rulings Thrust U.S. High Court Into Presidential Race (Update1)
  Bloomberg News, June 30, 2008
• U.S. Supreme Court Calms Down
  Legal Times, June 30, 2008

Publications & Cases

• 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.