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Resume of 32 years as a lawyer

ROBERT W. GOLDSMITH

ATTORNEY AT LAW

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98104

email: abos01@r.postjobfree.com

website: http://bobgoldsmith.com/index.htm

Seattle PI: http://blog.seattlepi.com/defenseattorney/

Organizations/Qualifications

Admitted to practice in states of :

Wisconsin 1978

Illinois 1978

Washington 1982

Federal Court admissions:

1978 (Northern District of Illinois)

1982 (Western District of Washington)

1990 (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Washington State Bar Association

Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Chairman of Continuing Legal Education Committee(chairs seminars, organizes and leads

committee)

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Seattle University School of Law: Adjunct Professor of Law since 2000

Trial/Litigation Work:

I have tried over 140 jury trials and many bench trials. This includes 10 murder trials,

1 aggravated murder trial and an assortment of other types of state, federal and local

cases.

WON recent acquittals in many cases including:

state murder case (# 03-1-08130-9) (2006)

federal drug conspiracy (96-548WD) (1997)

seattle municipal case: 532027 (2009)

Specializing in Criminal Defense:

State/City felonies/misdemeanors (inc. DUI)

Federal felonies, grand juries

Fraud & complex litigation

Over the years I have also handled cases in the following areas:

* Civil/criminal appeals

* Contract disputes

* Environmental cases

* Auto accidents

* Intentional torts (assault/sexual abuse)

* False arrest/imprisonment/legal malpractice

* Real Estate/boundary disputes

* Immigration

* Adoption

* Civil Rights

* Involuntary Commitment

Appellate work

Done over 30 appeals including the following published cases:

Federal cases:

Schaumberg v. CBE, 444 U.S. 620 (1980) canvassing regulation; on petition opposing cert.

only

CBE v. Chicago

Heights, 480 F.Supp. 188 (N.D. Ill. 1979)

Won S 1983 civil rights case

CBE v. Olympia Fields, 511 F.Supp. 104 (N.D. Ill. 1980)

Won hours regulation on door-to-door canvassing

Illinois v. Gorsuch, 530 F.Supp. 337, 340 (D.C. Dt. Ct. 1981)

Won hazardous waste law issues

CBE v. Costle, 515 F.Supp. 264 (D.C. Dt. Ct. 1981)

clean air act issues

United States v. Becerra, 992 F.2d 960 (9th Cir. 1993)

Won reversal of drug conspiracy sentence

United States v. Wong, 62 F.3d 1212 (9th Cir. 1995)

double jeopardy and civil forfeiture

United States v. Sandoval, 146 F.3d 712 (9th Cir. 1998)

Firearm enhancement for sentencing issue

United States v. Nerber, 222 F.3d 597 (9th Cir. 2000)

Won suppression of hotel room video surveillance

United States v. Garcia, 401 F.3d 1008 (9th Cir. 2005)

Won withdrawal of guilty plea

United States v. Bigsby, No. 39347 (9th Cir. 2005)

Won affirmance of suppression of over 100 lbs of marijuana

Washington state:

Lyon v. Lyon, 100 Wn.2d 409 (1983)

Won community property/joint tenancy case

Seattle v. Williams, 101 Wn.2d 445 (1984)

Won right to jury trial in Seattle Mcpl. Ct.

State v. Cirkovich, 42 Wn.App. 403 (1985)

modification of juvenile sentence; ultimately won below

Hawthorne v. State, 48 Wn.App. 23 (1987)

vagueness of charge in information

State v. Curwood, 50 Wn.App. 228 (1987)

juvenile court jurisdiction after age 18

State v. Welchel, 115 Wn.2d 708 (1990)(as amicus)

statement against penal interest exception

Recovery Northwest v. Thorslund, 70 Wn.App. 146 (1993)

Won ruling on constitutionality of alcohol involuntary commitment

Seattle v. Williams, 128 Wn.2d 341(1995)

Won ruling on constitutionality of Seattle's .08 DUI/alcohol standard)

State v. Buford, 93 Wn.App.139 (1998)

unwitting possession case

Seattle v. Wilson, 151 Wn.App. 624 (2009)

Won: invalidating Seattle s assault by traffic accident ordinance

Education/Work Experience:

1978: Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School (Madison, Wisconsin.

)

1978 - 1981: Staff attorney for Citizens for a Better Environment; Chicago, IL.

civil rights and environmental public interest law.

1981 - 1982: Private practice with David Sadick, Seattle, WA.

1982 - 1990: The Public Defender Association as a staff attorney for 6 years (handling

100 s and 100 s of felonies, misdemeanors, juvenile cases and civil commitments) and as a

supervisor, training coordinator for 2.5 years (teaching new lawyers how to defend cases.

)

1990 - Present: Solo private practice at present location.

2000Present: Adjunct Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law

CLE/Conference Presentations:

December 11, 1992, Criminal Law Year in Review CLE

Chairman: Defending Misdemeanors CLE, October 6, 1995

Speaker: Costs and Contempt ; also Chairman

October 1996 Defending Misdemeanors CLE

Chairman: Criminal Defense in 1997: Are You Ready? CLE

December 1996

Chairman: Defending Misdemeanors CLE

October 9, 1998

Chairman: Show Me the Evidence CLE

October 22, 1999

Chairman: Bad Facts. . . Good Results CLE

May 5, 2000

Chairman and panelist: The Art of Criminal Defense CLE

April 5, 2002

Speaker: Confession Case law update Criminal CLE

October 25, 2002

Speaker: Motions Practice CLE

March 18, 2005

Speaker & Chair: How to Practice Criminal Law Without Getting Disbarred

May 5, 2006

Chair: Crimes of Violence, Defense with Passion

October 19, 2007

Speaker: High Profile Cases sponsored by WSBA

October 24, 2008

Speaker: Dog Bite Institute sponsored by WSBA

September 23, 2009

Publications:

Counsel, You re in Contempt! Washington Criminal Defense, Nov. 1998

Meet WACDL s New President. Washington Criminal Defense, Aug. 1999

Summer Reading. Washington Criminal Defense, May 2001

Tales from the Criminal Courts. Washington Criminal Defense, Aug. 2003

A Radical Experiment. Washington Criminal Defense, November 2008

Pro Bono Publico (for the public good) Legal Work:

Nuclear Protesters (Zion Power Plant Waukegan, Ill) 1979 full acquittal

Greenpeace trial (Aurora Bridge case) 1998- full acquittal after week trial

Wenatchee sex case (defendant confidential) vacated 40 year prison term, 1999

1999 WTO protester cases: 4 defendants cases dismissed, 2000.

2000 WTO protester case: 1 defendant dismissed, 2001.

Community Activities:

Member of Adams Elementary School Site Council, 1994-1998

Coach in Ballard Little League, 1996- 2004; All Star coach for Seniors (3rd in State)

Coach of Tsunami s girls team in Ballard Soccer Club, 1997- 2008

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About Me

Bob Goldsmith

Seattle, Washington, United States

I have been a lawyer for 33 years. In 1978 I graduated from the University of Wisconsin

law school. I started in Chicago with an environmental public interest group, focussing on

federal court litigation of environmental and civil rights cases. In 1981 I came to

Seattle, and from 1982 through 1990, I was a staff attorney at the Seattle King County

Public Defender Association. In my last two years there, I was the training coordinator,

teaching new lawyers how to defend. Since 1990 I have been in a solo law practice in

Seattle. I have been admitted to practice in Washington, Wisconsin and Illinois. Listed in

SeattleMET as one of the best lawyers in 2010.

http://www.seattlemet.com/issues/archives/articles/lawyers2010/16/ Since 2000, I have been

an adjunct professor of criminal trial practice at Seattle University Law School. See my

website: bobgoldsmith.com for more info, or read blog on the SeattlePI:

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