Goldberg, Mitchell S.

Judge Goldberg was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 31, 2008.  Judge Goldberg’s career as a practicing attorney started at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he worked in both the trial and appellate divisions. He later joined the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, where his practice focused on commercial litigation.

Judge Goldberg was eventually promoted to senior partner, and also served as the manager of Cozen’s Arson and Fraud Unit. Judge Goldberg returned to the public sector in 1997, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania where he handled mostly white-collar crime cases, both before the District Court and the United Stated Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  

More recently, Judge Goldberg was assigned by the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit as a visiting judge to assist in the District of Delaware with patent cases.  Judge Goldberg is a graduate of Temple Law School (1986) where he was a member of Temple’s first trial team. He presently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Temple Law teaching both civil and criminal advanced trial advocacy.