Professor Jerry Goldfeder was recognized in City & State New York’s inaugural list of the state’s 50 most influential lawyers.
Jerry Goldfeder, an election, voting and campaign finance attorney – and a mainstay of New York’s political class – has been in the profession for more than 35 years. He has represented names as big as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as members of the New York state Legislature and the New York City Council. Now a special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Goldfeder once served as special counsel for public integrity to then-state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. He spent decades before that frequently participating in politics and working with ballot lawsuits, residency disputes and recount battles in the city and the state.
Goldfeder also spent the past three years as chairman of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on New York City Affairs and chairs the New York City Bar Association Task Force on the Charter Revision Commission.
As a professor at both Fordham University Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Goldfeder teaches future generations. He also documented his knowledge in “Goldfeder’s Modern Election Law,” which is in its fifth edition.
