Nick Goldin is a Partner in the Litigation Department. He represents companies, institutions, and individuals in connection with a broad range of criminal and regulatory enforcement inquiries, internal investigations and other sensitive matters, and related litigation. His experience includes matters involving allegations of: accounting and securities fraud, insider trading, investment advisor fraud, computer hacking and data breaches, foreign and domestic corruption, price fixing, violations of OFAC and other economic sanctions, health care fraud, money laundering, and misappropriation of trade secrets and other intellectual property. He also handles claims under the False Claims Act and other whistleblower allegations.

Mr. Goldin served for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was a member of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Group, and Major Crimes Unit. As a federal prosecutor, Mr. Goldin led investigations in conjunction with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies, conducted jury trials and evidentiary hearings in federal court, and briefed and argued appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Before his government service, Mr. Goldin litigated high visibility matters relating to the free speech clause of the First Amendment and other civil disputes. Mr. Goldin has also taught computer crime as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.

Mr. Goldin received his J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell Law Review, and his B.A. from Cornell University, magna cum laude and with distinction in all subjects, where he was Assistant Managing Editor of The Cornell Daily Sun.

Publications

•	Mark J. Stein and Nicholas Goldin, "A Change To SEC's 'No Admit, No Deny' Policy," Law360 (January 23, 2012)
•	As Judicial Scrutiny of the SEC’s Settlement Practices Mounts, the SEC Adopts a Limited Change to Its ‘Neither Admit Nor Deny’ Policy
•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	Reflections on Dodd-Frank: A Look Back and a Look Forward
•	Peter Bresnan, Mark J. Stein and Nicholas Goldin, "SEC’s First Deferred Prosecution Agreement Sheds Light on Cooperation Initiative," BNA’s Daily Report for Executives (June 8, 2011) and BNA’s World Securities Law Report (July 2011)
•	Mark J. Stein, Nicholas Goldin and Marc S. Hennes, "DOJ Chalks Win in FCPA Case: Noriega Decision in the Government's Favor Is a Limited Setback for Subjects of Federal Corruption Inquiries," Wall Street Lawyer (June 2011)
•	SEC Announces Final Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
•	Shedding More Light on Its Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Deferred Prosecution Agreement
•	Last Week’s FCPA Decision In The Government’s Favor Is A Limited Setback For Subjects Of Federal Corruption Inquiries
•	Mark J. Stein, Nicholas Goldin and Heather L. Shaffer, “Lessons From Renault: Opinion,” TheStreet.com (March 2011)
•	Renault’s Mea Culpa This Week: A Reminder Of What Can Happen When A Company Investigating A Whistleblower Claim Is Misled
•	Mark J. Stein, Nicholas Goldin and Joan E. Flaherty, “The Sweeping Whistleblower Provisions Tucked Inside Dodd-Frank: Why And How Companies Should Prepare For a New Era of Corporate Whistleblowing,” Wall Street Lawyer (January 2011)
•	Shedding Light on Its New Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Non-Prosecution Agreement with a Public Company
•	In Vacating the Conviction of Network Associates' Former CFO, the Ninth Circuit Reminds Prosecutors That Accounting Fraud Prosecutions Carry A High Evidentiary Burden
•	The Sweeping Whistleblower Provisions Tucked Inside Dodd-Frank: Why And How Companies Should Prepare For a New Era of Corporate Whistleblowing
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	The Supreme Court Holds That The “Honest-Services” Fraud Statute Covers Only Bribery and Kickback Schemes

Admissions

•	New York 2000
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

•	Cornell Law School, 1999 J.D. Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review
•	Cornell University, 1996 B.A. magna cum laude; distinction in all subjects