NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Find a Lawyer Directory
NACDL members are world renowned criminal defense attorneys. The Find a Lawyer Directory is a service the NACDL provides to the public to help them find representation on their matter.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in New York, New York magazine and Best Lawyers in America Listed as giving One of the 10 Greatest Summations of the Past 100 Years, "In the Interest of Justice" by Prof. SiedemannLecturer, Trial Advocacy, Harvard Law Sch.Member, Board of Directors, White Collar Crime ReporterFormer Special Asst., US Department of JusticeAsst. Dist. Attorney, NY County
Founding Member, 3rd Cir. Bar Ass'n; Board of Governors; President, 2015-2016; Co-Author, "Federal Appellate Procedure: Third Circuit Practice Guide" (Thomson / Lawyers Coop, 1996); Criminal Appeals chapter, PBI Third Circuit Practice Manual (3d ed. 2016); Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Listed, Best Lawyers in America, since 1997; SuperLawyers, PA, since 1995 [Lawyer of the Year, 2013 - Appellate, Eastern Pennsylvania]; Rbt. C. Heeney Award, NACDL, 2015; Former Prof. of Law, Villanova Univ. & Whittier Coll.Â
Education
Undergraduate: Haverford College, B.A., 1971
Law School: Yale Law School, J.D., 1975
Bar Information
Supreme Court of U.S.; All federal circuits; U.S. Tax Court
Past President, NACDL Recipient, NACDL Robert C. Heeney Award Past President, New York State Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers & New York Criminal Bar Assn. Recipient, Outstanding Practitioner Awards, NYSACDL, New York State Bar Assn., Criminal Justice Section & New York Criminal Bar Assn. Former Chair, NYS Commission on Judicial ConductPast Co-Chair, NACDL, White Collar CommitteePast Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee
Past President, NACDL (1994-1995)Trustee, Foundation for Criminal Justice (2005)Past President, TCDLA. (1992-93)Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (1997-Present); American College of Trial Lawyers (1991-Present)Member, American Board of Criminal Lawyers (1987-Present)Recipient: Robert C. Heeney Award, NACDL (1991); Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyers Award, State Bar of Texas (1991); John Henry Faulk Award, ACLU (1999); Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Hall of Fame (2002)
Education
Undergraduate: Tulane University, , 1965
Law School: University of Texas School of Law, 1968
Zak T. Goldstein is a Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer who will take ownership of your case and fight until he obtains the best possible result for you. Most importantly, Mr. Goldstein is a lawyer who is not afraid to take a difficult case to trial. He has tried hundreds of cases before judges and juries, and he has successfull
