Barry Goldstein

Barry Goldstein has successfully litigated dozens of employment discrimination and other employment class actions throughout the country.  Barry has argued numerous cases in the appellate courts and three cases in the United States Supreme Court: IUE v. Robbins & Myers; Lorance v. AT & T Technologies; Dague v. City of Burlington.

He worked for NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., (LDF) for eighteen years, including several years as the Director of its Washington, D.C. office. In 1989, Barry joined Saperstein & Seligman, subsequently Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho, as a partner, then managing partner, and then as of counsel.

He received his B.A. from Harvard, a Diploma in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, and his J.D. from Columbia University.

Barry has been counsel in well over one hundred class actions, including, for example:

• Kraszewski v. State Farm Insurance Co. ($250 million class settlement in sex discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Jock v. Sterling Jewelers ($175 million class settlement in gender pay and promotion class action with injunctive relief) (S.D.N.Y.; Am. Arb. Association)
• Haynes v. Shoney’s, Inc. ($132.5 million class settlement in race discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Fla.)
• Shores v. Publix Super Markets, Inc. ($81.5 million class settlement in sex discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (M.D. Fla.)
• Satchell v. FedEx Corp. ($70 million class settlement in race discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch ($47 million class settlement in race discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Babbitt v. Albertson’s, Inc. ($24.5 million class settlement in sex and race discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Butler v. Home Depot ($87.5 million class settlement in sex discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Byrd v. Sprint Corporation ($60 million class settlement on behalf of class alleging unpaid commissions) (Circuit Ct. Mo.)
• Weddington v. Ingles Markets, ($16 million class settlement in sex discrimination class action) (N.D. Ga.
• Rice v. Southern California Edison Co., ($18.2 million class settlement in sex and race discrimination class action with injunctive relief) (N.D. Cal.)
• Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody, 422 U.S. 405 (1975) (drafted brief and lead trial counsel on remand)
• Coulter v. State of Tennessee, 806 F.2d 146 (6th Cir. 1986) (argued)
• Moss v. The Lane Company, 471 F.2d 853 (4th Cir. 1973) (trial counsel and argued)
• Pettaway v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 494 F.2d 211 (5th Cir. 1974) (argued)
• United States v. United States Steel Corp., 520 1043 (5th Cir. 1975), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 102 (1977) (Trial counsel in three consolidated private actions and argued on appeal)
• City of Burlington v. Dague, 112 S. Ct. 2638 (1992) (argued in Supreme Court)
• Lorance v. AT&T Technologies, 490 U.S. 900 (1989) (argued in Supreme Court)
• IUE v. Robbins & Myers, 429 U.S. 229 (1976) (argued in Supreme Court)