Jerry H. Goldfeder

Prior to joining Stroock, Mr. Goldfeder served as Special Counsel to New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, where his portfolio included public integrity matters. Before joining Attorney General Cuomo's office in 2007, Mr. Goldfeder was in private practice, focusing on election law and campaign finance compliance. He also served as Special Counsel to the New York State Senate Democratic Conference under then-Senator David A. Paterson from 2003 to 2004.

He is the author of the treatise Goldfeder's Modern Election Law, now in its Third Edition, which has been favorably reviewed by The New York Times, the New York Law Journal, Election Law Journal and the New York State Bar Association Journal. He teaches Election Law as a Lecturer-in-Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School. He regularly lectures on "How to Decide an Election Case" to the Justices and attorneys of the Appellate Division, Second Department. Mr. Goldfeder also chairs the Election Law and Government Affairs Committee of the General Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has written on election-related topics for the Fordham Urban Law Journal, the New York Law Journal and The New York Times, and regularly appears in the media as an election and campaign finance expert. He has also taught Election Law and Ethics in numerous CLE courses. Before entering private practice, he was Law Secretary to Samuel J. Silverman of the Appellate Division, First Department.

Prior to being admitted to the bar, Mr. Goldfeder studied and taught political science.

Mr. Goldfeder's work and accomplishments have been recognized by a number of publications, including the New York Law Journal and City & State. His work was also highlighted in the Crain's article "Goldfeder's Election Arcana." Additionally. Mr. Goldfeder has been named a "New York Influencer" by Campaigns & Elections. Mr. Goldfeder served on Attorney General-elect Eric Schneiderman’s Transition Team in 2010.

• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Chair, Election Law and Government Affairs Committee (General Practice Section), May 2010-present
• Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member, Special Committee on Election Law, 1987-2010
• Chair, Special Committee on Election Law, 2007-2010
• Member, Committee on the Civil Court, 1981-1983
• Board of Directors, New York Chapter, American Constitution Society, 2010-present
• Board of Directors, Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, 2005-present
• Board of Directors, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, 2006-present
• Chair, Social Action Committee, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, 2000-2002
• Member, Democratic Party National Convention Platform Committee

• Speaker, Orientation Program for Bar Admission Applicants, Committee on Character & Fitness, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, May 15, 2013
• Keynote Speaker, "Current State of Campaign Finance Reform," League of Women Voters of the City of New York, May 1, 2013
• Speaker, "Campaign Finance Law and Public Integrity," New York University School of Law, New York, NY, March 25, 2013
• Speaker, Campaign Finance Compliance, 2013 New Leaders Council Institute, New York, NY, March 20, 2013
• Speaker, Electoral Activism & Leadership Academy, Silberman School of Social Work & the Latino Leadership Institute, New York, NY, Winter 2012
• Speaker, Photo Finish: Voter ID Laws and the 2012 Election, New York University, October 25, 2012
• Speaker, Women In Our Economy – Does the Glass Ceiling Still Exist?, Stroock Government Leadership Forum, October 24, 2012
• Speaker, Elections & Campaign Finance in 2012: Citizens vs. Goliath?, The CUNY Forum, October 3, 2012
• Speaker, Urban America: Halting Recidivism; Prisoner Re-Entry Into Society ? Stroock Government Leadership Forum, September 25, 2012
• Speaker, Hispanic Electoral College, Ossining, NY September 22, 2012
• Speaker, Election Law and Election Law Procedures, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, New York, NY, July 10, 2012
• Speaker, Representing the Political Candidate in New York: Follow the Money, New York State Bar Association CLE, June 21, 2012
• Speaker, Money and Politics: Changes in the Campaign Finance Laws, The Puerto Rican Bar Association, New York, NY, June 20, 2012
• Speaker, Campaign Finance: Public, Private, or Both?, New York Civic, New York, NY, May 31, 2012
• Speaker, Lobbying and Politics - Staying on the Right Side of the Law, Electioneering & Lobbying: Issues for Nonprofits, New York City Bar, May 17, 2011
• Speaker, Campaign Finance and the Influence of SuperPACs, Symposium on the 2012 Presidential Election and The Latino Community, New York, NY, April 17, 2012
• Panelist, Latino Political Voice in Elections, New York City Metropolitan Area Latino American Law Student Associations Annual Conference, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, March 25, 2012
• Speaker, The Future of Mass Transportation in NYC, Stroock Government Leadership Forum, March 1, 2012
• Speaker, Meet New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Stroock Government Leadership Forum, January 18, 2012
• Guest speaker, Campaign Finance Compliance, Common Cause/NY’s Candidate College, New York, NY, September 18, 2011
• Guest speaker, Ballot Access, Latino Leadership Institute’s Political Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, 2011
• Speaker, Election Law and Election Law Procedures, Appellate Divison, Second Judicial Department, July 19, 2011
• Lecturer, Running for Public Office: How to Petition, Latino Leadership Institute, Community Service Society, June 4, 2011
• Speaker, Electioneering & Lobbying: Issues for Nonprofits, New York City Bar CLE, May 17, 2011
• Speaker, Should New York City's Campaign Finance System Be a Model for the State?, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, University at Albany, December 2010
• Lecturer, How to Decide an Election Case, Annual Seminar for the Justices and Law Secretaries of the Appellate Division, Second Department, 2006-present
• Speaker, Voter Participation Hearing of the New York City Charter Revision Commission, June 2, 2010
• Featured Speaker, How to Get on the Ballot ... and Stay on the Ballot!, Fordham Law School Joint Bar Association Symposium, June 1, 2010
• Speaker, The Price of Democracy - Corporate Money in Politics, New York University School of Law, April 2010
• Moderator, Helping America Vote, NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy Symposium, March 2010
• Guest Speaker, The Future of New York City Charter Reform, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Municipal Affairs Committee), September 2009
• CLE Faculty, Post-Election Litigation Strategies, New York State Bar Association, May 2008
• CLE Faculty, Judicial Ethics, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, March 2008
• CLE Faculty, Using the Courts to Win the Presidency, Fordham Law School, November 2006
• Moderator, Is Free Speech a Victim of Campaign Finance Reform?, Smith Family Foundation Forum, October 2006
• CLE Faculty, The Ethics of Election Law, Democratic Lawyers Council, October 2006
• CLE Faculty, McCain-Feingold: Is it Promoting or Destroying Democracy?, Fordham Law School, February 2004
• CLE Faculty, The Ethics of Ballot Access Litigation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 2003

• "Improve Voter Turnout by Modernizing New York's Election Law," New York Law School: New York City Land Use News and Legal Research, April 9, 2013
• Campaign Spending," The New York Times, March 27, 2013
• Co-author, "Piercing the Political Veil: Disclosure of Corporate Spending," New York Law Journal, March 20, 2013
• "Trust Fund May Help with Campaign Reform," Albany Times Union, January 23, 2013
• Co-author, "Problems for Not-for-Profits? New Disclosure Regulations for Political Advocacy Proposed," Stroock Special Bulletin, January 3, 2013
• "Elections in New York: Time to Consider Reforms," The New York Times, December 7, 2012
• "Goldfeder's Election Arcana," Crain's New York Business, October 28, 2012
• "Getting to 270," The Hill's Congress Blog, October 20, 2012
• "Big Spenders Beware: New York City Campaign Finance Board Is Watching," New York Law Journal, May 1, 2012
• "Iowa in perspective: The delegate math is what matters most," New York Daily News, January 5, 2012
• Goldfeder’s Modern Election Law (Third Edition), New York Legal Publishing Co., January 2012
• "Earthquakes, Irene and Elections," The Capitol, September 26, 2011
• Co-author, "Governor Cuomo Announces Permanent Ban on Placement Agents and Certain Pay-to-Play Practices," Stroock Special Bulletin, May 2, 2011
• "The City Council's residency 'scandal' - not so simple," NewYorkDailyNews.com, March 28, 2011
• "New York's Campaign Finance and Ballot Measure Guide," Alliance for Justice, February 2011
• "New York's Lobbying Disclosure Guide," Alliance for Justice, February 2011
• "New York's Voter Registration Guide," Alliance for Justice, February 2011
• "How Cuomo Can Tame N.Y.," Albany Times Union, November 4, 2010
• "Look to New York City for Reform," Albany Times Union, July 26, 2010
• "Election Law Developments," New York State Bar Association Journal, July/August 2010
• "First Reform, Then the Economy," Albany Times Union, June 3, 2010
• "Monserrate and the Question Of Pink Slips for Elected Officials, " New York Law Journal, January 20, 2010
• "Let Gov. Deval Patrick Fill Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat," New York Daily News, September 1, 2009
• "New York State of Mindlessness [Let's Follow the 25th Amendment]," The New York Times, June 10, 2009
• "The 17th Amendment and Vacant Senate Seats," New York Law Journal, February 27, 2009
• "Needed Now: Campaign Finance Reform," Albany Times Union, December 26, 2008 (co-author with Robert Abrams and Joel Cohen)
• "In Case of Election Crisis, Congress Needs to Be Prepared," U.S. News and World Report, October 15, 2008
• "Governor Spitzer’s Dilemma [The Comptroller Problem]," New York Law Journal, December 19, 2006
• "Could Terrorists Derail a Presidential Election?" Fordham Urban Law Journal, May 2005
• "No More Mr. Nice Guy: Kicking Nader Off the Ballot," New York Sun, June 3, 2004
• Columnist, "Democracy Watch," www.PoliticsNY.com, 2002-2004
• "How to Get on the Ballot...and Stay on the Ballot!" The Center for Excellence in New York City Governance, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU, May 2001 (Monograph)
• "Silenced Majority [A Referendum on Rent Control]," The New York Times, June 2, 1997
• "Is This North Korea? [Let's Try to Democratize New York's Primary]", The New York Times, November 18, 1995
• "Time for City to Clean Up Our Act [Environmental Reform]," Newsday, July 30, 1991