Joshua Goldberg is Chair of Patterson Belknap’s Litigation department and Co-Chair of its White Collar Defense and Investigations group. Mr. Goldberg has extensive trial and appellate experience, having served as lead counsel in fifteen federal jury trials and having briefed and argued more than a dozen appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Goldberg’s practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and related regulatory proceedings, internal investigations, and complex financial litigation. He has represented corporations and individuals in high-profile criminal and regulatory investigations involving alleged securities and commodities fraud, health care and medical device fraud, market manipulation, insider trading, antitrust violations, and violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He has also conducted investigations and represented clients in connection with Whistleblower actions brought under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. He has also advised corporations in connection with investigations arising from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the False Claims Act, and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and has represented individuals and organizations in connection with investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Congress, and state and local prosecutors.
Prior to joining Patterson Belknap, Mr. Goldberg served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated and prosecuted complex white-collar cases involving securities fraud, accounting fraud, market manipulation, investment adviser fraud, insider trading, and commercial bribery. While working as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Goldberg was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force. He also prosecuted matters involving wire and mail fraud, money laundering, racketeering, murder, firearms, and narcotics trafficking.
Chambers USA recognizes Mr. Goldberg in the area of white-collar criminal defense and investigations. Clients praise him as “an outstanding attorney” who is “pragmatic and business-oriented with an extremely effective presentation style.” Clients say “[h]e understands the facts, marshals the evidence and communicates effectively with the government,” and is an “extremely diligent, creative, strategic and detail-focused attorney” who “leaves no stone unturned and dives into the detail of a case.” One client noted that Mr. Goldberg is a “superb lawyer with excellent judgment and intelligence. He is a joy to work with.”
Mr. Goldberg previously served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Barbara S. Jones, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Goldberg then worked as an associate at Patterson Belknap for three years before joining the United States Attorney’s office.
Mr. Goldberg received his J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where he was an Associate Editor of the New York University Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin.
Updated Aug 2024
