Lynda B. Goldman

Ms. Goldman has extensive experience representing celebrities and high-profile individuals in defamation, right of privacy, right of publicity, entertainment litigation matters, and alleged "Me Too" claims. She has represented her clients in connection with a variety of pre- and post-publication disputes with the media and has obtained the publication of numerous retractions, corrections and apologies in a wide variety of print and electronic publications throughout the US and abroad, in media formats including print publications, social media, news and entertainment websites, and radio and television news and entertainment programs, in outlets running the gamut from the National Enquirer to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, UK Daily Mail, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, New York Daily News, Extra, VH1, the Daily Mirror, the Star, In Touch Magazine, ABC World News Tonight, the Associated Press, and Vanity Fair, and many more. Many occurred as a product of negotiation before filing suit, and others occurred after litigation was initiated. Having successfully obtained retractions and apologies in a variety of media, including apologies and retractions recited in open court, on-air apologies, and even front-page retractions, Ms. Goldman considers her greatest successes to be the stories never told because she persuaded the publisher that they would be actionable if published. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 1982, Ms. Goldman obtained her JD from Loyola Law School in 1985, where was a Staff Member and then Business Editor of the Loyola Entertainment Law Journal. She is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Ms. Goldman is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and was selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. Awards and Honors Honors AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings ™ and selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers

• Partner
• Executive Committee Partner

• Panelist, ABA Forum on Communications Law: Reporting on Celebs: Stalkers v. The Stalked? (February 4, 2011)
• Premier Round Table Panelist, International Esq.: Celebrity Justice & Media Globalization: Why Hollywood Celebrities Flock to the UK Courts (March 30, 2009)

• Grammer v. Artists Agency
• Citation: 287 F.3d 886
• Court: 9th Cir.
• Year: 2002
• Prieto v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.
• Citation: 275 Cal.Rptr. 362
• Court: Cal.App. 2 Dist.
• Year: 1990
• Serial Number: 1990169779

• California, 1985
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1986

• Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Entertainment Law; Litigation)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Entertainment; Litigation)
• Century City and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property and Litigation)
• State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section)