Atty. Brian P. Goldstein
Brian Goldstein focuses his practice in the areas of executive compensation, employee benefits, and ERISA fiduciary counseling. He is a founding member of the firm’s ESOP class action practice.
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Brian P. Goldstein is a employment and litigation attorney based in Albany, New York, practicing at Jackson Lewis PC. Admitted to practice in New York, New York State Bar Association and Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association. Educated at Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1989). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Management (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment (2026). Serands clients in Albany, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Brian Goldstein focuses his practice in the areas of executive compensation, employee benefits, and ERISA fiduciary counseling
- He is a founding member of the firm’s ESOP class action practice
- For over 30 years, Brian has assisted clients with the design and implementation of all types of pension, profit sharing, 401(k), employee stock ownership, stock-based compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation and tax-sheltered annuity plans
- His practice has a particular concentration on ESOPs, structuring ESOP transactions by public and private companies, representing clients who are buying or selling ESOP companies, and representing institutional and other ESOP fiduciaries in transactions and related compliance matters and controversies
- He also regularly represents clients before the IRS in connection with resolving defects with their qualified plans, and in IRS audits, DOL investigations and PBGC matters
- In the securities area, Brian has been involved in registered offerings and private placements
- He has also represented registered investment advisors, broker/dealers and salespersons in a variety of capacities
- Brian has limited his practice in the securities area to the ERISA and executive compensation side of securities matters
- Brian’s client base varies widely, and includes large public companies, institutional plan and other fiduciaries, professional practices and small businesses
- He serves as counsel to a number of bank trust departments across the nation, advising them on their ERISA fiduciary responsibilities and on qualified and nonqualified plan issues (including document preparation and administrative issues)
- He has been active in many transactions throughout the nation involving conversions of savings banks from mutual to stock form, and the offering of their stock to the public
- Brian has a forte in complex qualified retirement plan testing, including testing of qualified retirement plans in large controlled groups
- As a side business to his law practice, he previously owned a retirement plan record-keeping firm which focused on testing matters that he sold over ten years ago
- Brian is a frequent author and lecturer on the laws applicable to ESOPs, ESOP transactions, qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, cash- and equity-based compensation plans and on ERISA fiduciary responsibilities
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in New York
Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Albany are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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