Stephen E. Goldman is a nationally-recognized trial lawyer and the past Managing Partner of our firm. He has tried cases and prosecuted and defended appeals regarding a wide range of matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Steve has been actively involved in civil litigation in approximately 35 states and he has tried significant cases to verdict or judgment in many of those jurisdictions. He has also argued appeals in seven of the eleven federal circuit courts of appeal, in 11 different state appellate courts, and has represented clients in the Supreme Court of the United States. Steve is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has served as the Chair of the Connecticut State Committee and as a member of the Civil Procedure Committee of that organization. He also is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel and serves as a co-chair of its Property Insurance Section. He has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and currently serves on the board of the FDCC Foundation.
Steve is currently involved as national counsel for insurers and trade organizations in responding to the proliferation of business interruption lawsuits arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also is significantly involved in high-impact bankruptcy litigation throughout the United States, and in the defense of numerous class actions, especially those arising out of insurance coverage and market conduct issues. In prior years, Steve has served as lead national counsel and has handled numerous precedent-setting cases in matters arising from catastrophes such as Superstorm Sandy, Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the anthrax scare in 2001.
Steve served as the firm’s Managing Partner from 2016 to 2021. During his tenure, Robinson+Cole developed and implemented a three-year Strategic Plan, improved its profitability significantly, saw growth in key business sectors - including the addition of leading national practices in bankruptcy, insurance coverage and real estate development - and oversaw the expansion of our firm’s offices in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Wilmington. He is former chair of our firm’s lateral growth committee.
