By education, training and experience, attorney/mediators regularly engage in problem solving, explore creative solutions, and explore compromise alternatives.

 

Attorney/mediators are skilled at narrowing and defining the issues and analyzing the consequences of various alternatives, including tax ramifications and the problems that may be encountered in implementing and enforcing agreements.

 

Attorney/mediators are trained to look at both sides of an issue and can remain neutral, favoring neither party at the expense of the other.

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Attorney/mediators can draft complex agreements that accurately express the intentions of the parties.

 

An attorney/mediator can work effectively with the individual attorneys representing each party.

 

Although attorney/mediators do not represent either party, they can utilize their knowledge and experience to help educate the parties with respect to the law and practice applicable to a particular situation, keeping in mind that a mediator cannot give legal advice to the parties and that the parties cannot take the mediator’s comments, suggestions or opinions as legal advice, but must rely on the advice and counsel of their respective attorneys. 
 

MEDIATOR PROFILE AND RESUME

 

David S. Goldberg, Esq., has practiced law in Maryland since 1967, with a heavy concentration in family and divorce law.  He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Maryland and received his law degree in 1966 from Georgetown University Law Center.  He is a member of the Maryland State and Montgomery County Bar Associations, and is licensed to practice law in all state and Federal courts in Maryland and D.C. including the United States Tax Court and the Supreme Court of the United States.

 

Mr. Goldberg has the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating, AV - Preeminent, for ethical standards and for professional ability (legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability, and legal experience) based upon evaluations submitted by his fellow lawyers and by members of the judiciary.

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EDUCATION

 

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland - (1963) - B.S. in Business and Public Administration with "High Honors"

 

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. - (1966) - LL.B. (J.D.)

 

Divorce Mediation Institute, Atlanta, Georgia - 40 hour training course in family and divorce mediation approved by the Academy of Family Mediators.

 

South Carolina Council for Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Charleston, S.C. - 18 hour advanced training course in family and divorce mediation approved by the Academy of Family Mediators.

 

Academy of Family Mediators 1993 Annual Conference - 20+ hours advanced training in family and divorce mediation.

 

Academy of Family Mediators 1996 Annual Conference - 30+ hours advanced training in family and divorce mediation.

 

Academy of Family Mediators 1998 Annual Conference - 30+ hours advanced training in family and divorce mediation.

 

South Carolina Council for Mediation and Dispute Resolution, Charleston, S.C. - 40 hour training course in civil and commercial mediation.

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EMPLOYMENT

 

August, 2011, to Date - Founder and Moderator of DSGfamily listserv.

 

December, 1990, to Date - President, Family Mediation Services, Inc. - Providing mediation services to couples involved in pre- and post-divorce domestic disputes, and the preparation of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (“QDROs) designed to transfer pension and retirement assets between parties in divorce.   

 

June, 1986, to Date – Preparing Qualified Domestic Relations Order (“QDROs”) designed to transfer pension and retirement assets between the parties.

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March, 1977, to Date - David S. Goldberg, P.A., (successor to Goldberg & Axel, P.A.), Rockville, Maryland. General practice concentrating in family and domestic relations law. Other practice areas included: real estate, corporate, commercial and construction law, wills, probate and estate planning, personal injury, malpractice and aviation law. Associate/Partner - Jeffrey T. Sheehan, Esq.

 

March, 1968, to March, 1977,- Partner, Crawford & Goldberg, Rockville, Maryland. General practice including family and domestic relations law, real estate, corporate, commercial, construction, personal injury, malpractice, wills, probate, estate planning, and misdemeanor criminal law.

 

June, 1966, to March, 1968 - Associate - Melrod, Redman & Gartlan, Washington, D. C. - Real estate syndication, tax, banking, corporate, partnership, and residential and commercial construction law.

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BAR ADMISSIONS

 

Supreme Court of the United States

United States Tax Court

United States Courts of Appeals - 4th and D.C. Circuits

United States District Courts - Washington, D. C., and Maryland

Court of Appeals of Maryland

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MEMBERSHIPS: (PAST & PRESENT)

 

American Bar Association, Family Law Section, ADR and Bankruptcy Committees

 

Bar Association of the District of Columbia

 

Maryland State Bar Association (Family & Juvenile Law and ADR Sections)

 

Bar Associations for Montgomery Anne Arundel, Queen Anne’s and Frederick Counties

 

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

 

Maryland Trial Lawyers' Association

 

Maryland Association for Justice

 

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

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Academy of Family Mediators - Practitioner Member

 

Academy of Professional Family Mediator - Practitioner Member

 

Association for Conflict Resolution - Practitioner Member

 

Maryland Society of Professional Family Mediators - President and Founding Member

 

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution

 

National Institute for Dispute Resolution

 

Florida Association of Professional Family Mediators

 

Florida Academy of Certified Mediators

 

South Carolina Council for Mediation and Dispute Resolution

 

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

 

Lawyer - Pilot Bar Association

 

Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society

 

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

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MISCELLANEOUS: (PAST & PRESENT)

 

ADR Referral Panel - Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland

 

Settlement Facilitator - Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland

 

Member - Bar Association for Montgomery County Alternative Dispute Resolution and Fee Dispute Resolution Committees

 

Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable

 

Faculty - MICPEL - Workshops on Distribution of Retirement Assets in Divorce, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, Calming Custody Chaos, Computer Technology in Family Law, Divorce Taxation, Advanced Custody Issues, and other divorce related issues.

 

Member - Advocacy Board for Children of Divorce

 

Member - Regional Representative, Maryland ADR Commission

 

Faculty - National Center for Mediation Education - training seminars for family mediators

 

Faculty - Bar Association for Montgomery County - various CLE presentations including DOMA and Pension and Retirement Benefits, United States v. Craft, Medical Care/Insurance in Divorce, $how Me the Money, Mediation v. Collaborative Law v. Litigation, Stock Options and Other Hidden Assets, Kids, Taxes and the IRS.

 

Guest Columnist - Family Law Monthly

 

Member - Sobeloff Law Society

 

Mediator Certification by the Supreme Court of Florida

 

Licensed Real Estate Broker in Maryland since 1974

 

President, Pilgrim Realty Company, Inc.

 

President, Children's Learning Center, Inc., a non-profit nursery school, day care center, and kindergarten through 5th grade, with 500+ children enrolled. (1978-94)

 

President, Harvest Hunt Farms Homeowners Association (1990-94)

 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Legislative Liaison Committee

 

Commercial Single Engine Aircraft Pilot Certificate with Instrument Rating

 

Certified Flight Instructor; Advanced Airplane and Instruments Ground Instructor

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APPELLATE COURT EXPERIENCE

 

Glassman Const. Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, 356 F.2d 340, 123 U.S.App.D.C. 1 (D.C. Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 384 U.S. 987, 86 S.Ct. 1890, 16 L.Ed.2d 1005 (1966)

 

Glassman Const. Co. v. United States for the Use and Benefit of Clark-Fontana Paint Co., 421 F.2d 212 (4th Cir. (Md.) 1970)

 

United States for the Use and Benefit of Clark-Fontana Paint Co. v. Glassman Const. Co., 397 F.2d 8 (4th Cir. (Md.) 1970)

 

Damazo v. Wahby, 259 Md. 627, 270 A.2d 814 (1970)

 

Lackey v. Bullard, 262 Md. 428, 277 A.2d 593 (1971)

 

Alma Const. Corp. v. Dyke, No 59, Sept. Term, 1973, In the Court of Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

 

Schmidt v. Interstate Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n, 421 F.Supp. 1016 (D.D.C. 1976)

 

Schmidt v. Interstate Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n, 74 F.R.D. 423 (D.D.C. 1977)

 

Montgomery County, Maryland v. Lindsay, 50 Md.App. 675, 440 A.2d 411 (1982)

 

Tonat v. Tonat, No. 1366, Sept. Term, 1983, In the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

 

White v. White, No. 1278, Sept. Term, 1985, In the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

 

Krause v. Parkins, No. 623, Sept. Term, 1988, In the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

 

Heyda v. Heyda, 94 Md.App. 91, 615 A.2d 1218 (1992)

 

Blaine v. Blaine, 97 Md.App. 689, 632 A.2d 191 (1993), affirmed, 336 Md. 49, 646 A.2d 413 (August 26, 1994)

 

Letendre v. Letendre, No. 2019, Sept. Term, 1994, In the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

 

Miller (Goldberg) v. Miller, 142 Md.App. 239, 788 A.2d 717, aff'd, 371 Md. 591, 810 A.2d 947 (2002).

 

Baker v. Hernandez, No 722, Sept. Term, 2002, In the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. (Unreported)

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PERSONAL

 

Born in Washington, D.C., January 30, 1942; married to Susan E. Goldberg; five children, five grandchildren.

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