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"After more than 30 years of teaching at Pepperdine University Law School, I still aspire to have my students respectfully fear me as much as they did Professor Goldman my first year of teaching. Using the Socratic method brilliantly, he was a master teacher and represented the highest level of challenge to excellence that I remember to this day."
Jim McGoldrick
Professor of Law (1971 - present)
Pepperdine University School of Law
Born:
Education:
- University of Southern California (B.S.L., 1960)
- University of Southern California, School of Law (J.D., 1962)
- Private Pilot License, USA (1980)
Admissions:
- California, 1963
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1963
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1970
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1971
- United Kingdom, Court of Inquiry, 1972 (Investigating crash of
British European Airways Trident jet in June 1972, London, England)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1973
- United States Court of Federal Claims, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977
- District of Columbia, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1983
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 2006
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2008
Certified:
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Member:
- State Bar of California
- District of Columbia Bar
- American Bar Association, The Forum on Air and Space Law, Litigation Section and Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
- The American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA) Aviation Law Section, STEP-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
- Experimental Aircraft Association
- World Jurist Association of the World Peace Through Law Center
- Founding Member, World Association of Law Professors of the World Peace Through Law Center
- Lawyers Professional Liability Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- International Bar Association, Aviation Law Committee
- Life Member, Ostriches Anonymous Association (OAA), Promoting Aviation Safety and Risk Awareness
- Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation
- Member, Lead Trial Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation
- Lead Trial Counsel, 2006; 1998 Bell Helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California
- Lead Trial Counsel, 2006; 2004 Tyson Foods truck crash near Crestline, Ohio
- Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1953, Heparin Products Liability Litigation
Legal Teaching Position:
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1968 to 1989
Courses:
- Aviation Accident Law
- Torts and Insurance
- Legal Writing and Analysis
Judge Pro Tem/Arbitrator and Mediator (former positions):
- Orange County Superior Court (1975)
- Beverly Hills Municipal Court
- Los Angeles Municipal Court
- Arbitrator/Mediator--Los Angeles Superior Court
- Arbitrator--American Arbitration Association (to 1994)
- Mediator--42 hours training at Pepperdine University’s Institute for Dispute Resolution
Lecturer and Delegate:
World Peace Through Law Conferences: New York, Manila, Madrid. Special Guest Lecturer: Christchurch Polytechnic, School of Broadcasting, Christchurch, New Zealand; Shanghai School of Social Science, Shanghai, P.R.C.; Belli Seminars Lecturer; Town Hall Lecturer.
Topics Include:
- Aviation Law
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Tort Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Right of Privacy
- Medical Malpractice
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law
Author:
- "Another Level of Justice: The Public Apology" Published in Andrews Aviation Litigation Reporter,Volume 24, Issue 5 / April 2006 by Thomson West and ATLA-Association of Trial Lawyers of America Aviation Law Section Newsletter Vol. 13, No. 3, Spring 2006
Awards and Honors:
- Listed, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Published in Million Dollar Verdicts by the Masters
- Southern California Super Lawyer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Pro Bono & Civic Activities:
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Served as Chairman of the Board, and was a founder of the Family Assistance Program, a charitable, public benefit, corporation, organized to assist homeless families (originally known as the Family Assistance Program of Hollywood.)
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A founder of, and general counsel for, The Women’s Clinic, a free clinic providing health care needs to needy women in Los Angeles.
Published Cases:
- U.S.A. vs. Moore
427 F.2d 1020 (10th Cir.--1970)
[Administrative Law; equitable relief, injunctions]
- People vs. Powell
14 C.A.3d 693, 92 C.R. 501 (1971)
[Felony murder rule]
- Cacciaguidi v. Elliott
39 Cal.App.3d 261, 114 Cal.Rptr. 93, 39 Cal. Comp. Cases 963, Cal.App. 2 Dist. (1974)
- Drenzek vs. Inmont Corp.
57 C.A.3d 878, 129 C.R. 429 (1976)
[Assumption of Risk]
- Dassin vs. Darlene Knitwear
387 F.Supp. 958 (USDC, D.Puerto Rico--1974)
[In personam jurisdiction]
- Baxter vs. Superior Court
19 C.3d 461, 138 C.R. 315 (1977)
[Loss of consortium]
- Benjamins vs. British European Airways
572 F.2d 913 (2nd Cir. 1978)
[Warsaw Convention]
- Cable vs. Sahara Tahoe Corp.
93 C.A.3d 1025, 155 C.R. 770 (1979)
[Conflict of laws]
- La Pietra vs. Freed
87 C.A.3d 384, 151 C.R. 554 (1979)
[Arbitration]
- Flashman v. Superior Court (Pacific Southwest Airlines)
107 Cal.App.3d 117, 165 Cal.Rptr. 680, Cal.App. 4 Dist. (1980)
[Coordination and venue]
- Sevilla vs. Stearns-Roger, Inc.
101 C.A.3d 608, 161 C.R. 700 (1980)
[Product Liability]
- Harris Corp. vs. Comair
712 F.2d 1069 (6th Cir. 1983)
[Right of employer to collect for death of employee; Avi. Accid. Law; Conflict of laws, Negligence]
- Gradus vs. Hanson Aviation
158 C.A.3d 1038, 205 C.R. 211 (1984)
[Duty of common carrier (see BAJI 6.51); Fed. Avi. Regs., Part 135, Res Ipsa Loquitur, Negligence]
[Closing argument published by Million Dollar Verdicts by Western Masters]
- In Re Aircrash Disaster Near Cerritos,
DiCosta vs. Aeronaves de Mexico, SA
973 F.2d 1490 (9th Cir. 1992)
[Emotional Distress]
- Brooks vs. St. Mary's Hospital
57 C.A.4th 241, 66 C.R.2d 820 (1997)
[Preemption Doctrine/Constitutional Law]
[Case settled pending re-hearing; depublished]
- McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002)
- McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002)
Practice Areas:
- Airline Crash Litigation
- Aviation Accidents
- Aviation Product Liability
- Bus Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Helicopter Crash Litigation
- Personal Injury Law
- Pharmaceutical Product Liability
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death Law