Gerald H. Goldstein

Gerald H Goldstein 
San Antonio, Texas

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Gerald “Gerry” Harris Goldstein is a nationally known and respected defense lawyer and Past President of both the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Texas Lawyer’s Legal Legends, has been profiled in numerous publications, has served as an adjunct professor of law at University of Texas School of Law in Austin and at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is also Board Certified in Criminal Law.

Gerald is an Adjunct Professor each fall Semester at St. Mary’sSchool of Law , here in San Antonio , Texas and has done so since 1998. The Class is entitled: Advanced Criminal Law (Defense of a Complex Federal Prosecution). The topics and materials distributed to the students are as follows:

1. Grand Jury Practice
2. Pretrial Release
3. Indictments [Joinder/Severance/Transfer]
4. Pretrial Motions
5. Suppression of Evidence
6. Jury Selection
7. Trial [Evidence]
8. Examination of Witnesses
9. Direct Examination
10. Jury Instructions
11. Closing Arguments

From 1982 to 1993 Gerald was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , Texas and taught the same courses as listed above.

Other topics/seminar papers that Gerald speaks about are:

• 2008 Supreme Court Update
• Crawford & the Current State of the Hearsay Rule
• Crossing the Double Crosser
• Federal Appeals – What will the next 50 years look like?
• Hot New Trends from the Supremes
• Motions to Supress
• Notable Recent and Pending Federal and TX Crim Cases
• Tenth Circuit Standards of Review

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

*UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT*

• Butler v. Dexter, 425 US 262 (1976)
• Cable News Network, Inc. v. Norriega, 498 U.S. 976 (1990)[Amicus Curiae NACDL]
• Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (U.S. Tex. 1983)
• Moreno-Gonzalez v. U.S., No. 07-400 (2008)

*FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS*

• Barefoot v. Estelle 103 S.Ct. 1765, 697 F.2d 593 (5th Cir. 1986)
• Brooks v. Estelle, 702 F.2d 84 (5th Cir. 1983)
• Brooks v. Estelle, 697 F.2d 586 (5th Cir. 1982)
• Davis v. Zain, 79 F.3d 18 (5th Cir. 1996)
• In Re Auclair, 961 F.2d 65 (5th Cir. 1992)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, 644 F.2d 348 (5th Cir. 1981)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings (Clinton Manges), 745 F.2d 1250, 53 U.S.L.W. 2248, 40 Fed.R.Evid.Serv.2d 461 (9th Cir. 1984)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings (Clinton Manges), 40 Fed.R.Evid.Serv.2d 461 (9th Cir. 1984)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 926 F.2d 1423, 59 U.S.L.W. 2618, 32 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1991)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 32 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1991)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 913 F.2d 1118, 59 U.S.L.W. 2245, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1990)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1990)
• In Re Special Grand Jury 81-1 (Leon D. Harvey), 697 F.2d 112 (4th Cir. 1982)
• Isbit v. Secretary of Defense, 476 F.2d 661 (5th Cir. 1973)
• Lann v. Maxwell, 91 Fed.Appx. 970 (5th Cir. 2004)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 923 F.2d 365 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 914 F.2d 620, 59 U.S.L.W. 2250 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 999 F.2d 831 (5th Cir. 1993)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 986 F.2d 728 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 902 F.2d 322, 59 U.S.L.W. 2250 (5th Cir. 1990)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 902 F.2d 293, 58 U.S.L.W. 2711 (5th Cir. 1990)
• Miller v. Laird, 474 F.2d 999 (5th Cir. 1973)
• PMG Intern. Div. L.L.C. v. Rumsfeld, 303 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Piper v. Hauck, 532 F.2d 1016 (5th Cir. 1976)
• Rafferty v. U.S., 477 F.2d 531 (5th Cir. 1973)
• Shanley v. Northeast Independent School Dist., Bexar Co., Texas, 462 F.2d 960 (5th Cir. 1972)
• SBC Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C., 154 F.3d 226 (5th Cir. 1998)
• Sosa v. Dretke, 133 Fed.Appx. 114 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Amuny, 767 F.2d 1113 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Antone, 753 F.2d 1301 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Ballis, 28 F.3d 1399, 1994 WL 411273 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Becton, 632 F.2d 1294 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Benavidez, 664 F.2d 1255, 9 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1006 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Butts, 729 F.2d 1514 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Butts, 710 F.2d 1139 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas, Inc., 829 F.2d 532, 56 U.S.L.W. 2263, 9 Fed.R.Serv. 83 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Currency Totaling $48,318.08, 609 F.2d 210 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Davis, 583 F.2d 190 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Douglas, 837 F.Supp. 814 (N.D. Tex., 1993)
• U.S. v. Ebertowski, 896 F.2d 906 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Galloway, 951 F.2d 64 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Gant, 759 F.2d 484 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Garcia Abrego, 141 F.3d 142 (5th Cir. 1998)
• U.S. v. Geittman, 733 F.2d 1419 (10th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Gonzales, 436 F.3d 560 (5th Cir. 2006)
• U.S. v. Gonzalez, 700 F.2d 196, 78 A.L.R.Fed. 399, 12 Fed.R.Serv. 1063 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Gonzalez, 12 Fed.R.Serv. 1063 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Hawkins, 658 F.2d 279 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. Henricksen, 564 F.2d 197 (5th Cir. 1977)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 779 F.2d 296 (5th Cir. 1986)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 771 F.2d 82, 18 Fed.R.Serv. 3d 83 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 763 F.2d 697, 18 Fed.R.Serv. 450 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Jenkins, 974 F.2d 32 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Kohler, 836 F.2d 885 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Lozano, 158 Fed.Appx. 632 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Mack, 643 F.2d 1119, 8 Fed.R.Serv. 117 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. McFarland, 633 F.2d 427 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. McKeller, 798 F.2d 151 (5th Cir. 1988)
• U.S. v. Moeller, 80 F.3d 1053 (5th Cir. 1996)
• U.S. v. Moore, 743 F.2d 254 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Morris, 568 F.2d 396 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Moreno-Gonzalez, 2008 WL 4356257 (11th Cir. 2008)
• U.S. v. Niver, 689 F.2d 520 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Nunn, 525 F.2d 958 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Nunn, 527 F.2d 1390 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Ortiz, 942 F.2d 903 (5th Cir. 1991)
• U.S. v. Parks, 684 F.2d 1078 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Pettigrew, 77 F.3d 1500 (5th Cir. 1996)
• U.S. v. Pozos, 697 F.2d 1238 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Pool, 660 F.2d 547, 9 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 4 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. Price, 869 F.2d 801 (5th Cir. 1989)
• U.S. v. Ramos, 71 F.3d 1150 (5th Cir. 1995)
• U.S. v. Rana, 129 Fed.Appx. 890 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Reeves, 730 F.2d 1189, 15 Fed.R.Serv. 659 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Ritchie, 15 F.3d 592, 62 U.S.L.W. 2502 (6th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Salinas, 610 F.2d 250 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Salinas, 601 F.2d 1279, 55 A.L.R.Fed. 701 (5th Cir. 1979)
• U.S. v. Quiroz-Hernandez, 48 F.3d 858 (5th Cir. 1995)
• U.S. v. Solow, 574 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Tilley, 18 F.3d 295, 62 U.S.L.W. 2613 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Villarreal, 963 F.2d 770 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Watson, 669 F.2d 1374, 10 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 31 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Wilder, 15 F.2d 1292 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Wright, 533 F.2d 214 (5th Cir. 1976)
• U.S. v. Zabaneh, 837 F.2d 1249, 24 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1075 (5th Cir. 1988)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 587 F.2d 159, 4 Media L.Re. 1929 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 587 F.2d 176 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 559 F.2d 1286 (5th Cir. 1977)
• Zimmerman v. Spears, 565 F.2d 310, 78-1 U.S.T.C. P. 9223 (5th Cir. 1977)

*FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT*

• Aquilino v. Laird, 326 F. Supp. 1053 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• U.S. v. Douglas, 837 F.Supp. 814 (N.D. Tex. 1993)
• Devonish v. Garza, 510 F. Supp. 658 (W.D. Tex. 1981)
• Forte v. U.S., 2005 WL 1801967 (S.D.Tex. 2005)
• Hackett v. Laird, 326 F. Supp. 1075 (D.C. Tex. 1975)
• Helwick v. Laird, 318 F. Supp. 878 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• In re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 724 F. Supp. 458 (S.D. Tex. 1989)
• In Re Possible Violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 201m 371, 491 F. Supp. 211 (D.C.D.C. 1980)
• In Re Reyes-Requena, 752 F. Supp. 239, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1179 (S.D. Tex. 1990)
• Jennings v. Laird, 333 F. Supp. 335 (D.C. Tex. 1971)
• Karem v. Priest, 744 F. Supp. 136, 17 Media L. Rep. 2113 (W.D. Tex. 1990)
• Miller v. Secretary of Defense, 352 F. Supp. 335 (W.D. Tex. 1972)
• Rautenstrauch v. Secretary of Defense, 313 F. Supp. 170 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• Sosa v. Dretke, 2004 WL 1124949 (W.D.Tex. 2004)
• U.S. v. One Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($152,000) in U.S. Currency, 592 F. Supp. 1017 (D.C. Puerto Rico 1984)
• U.S. v. Ballis, 1996 WL 174996 (E.D. Tex. 1996)
• U.S. v. Becton, 498 F. Supp. 1013 (D.C. Tex. 1980)
• U.S. v. Cofer, 444 F. Supp. 146 (W.D. Tex. 1978)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas, Inc., 630 F.Supp. 1540 (E.D. Tex. 1986)
• U.S. v. Grant, 587 F. Supp. 128 (D.C. Tex. 1984)
• U.S. v. Goldin, 1996 WL 294366 (S.D.Ala. 1996)
• U.S. v. Holloway and Parks, No. P-79-CR-20
• U.S. v. Kelly, 539 F. Supp. 262 (D.D.C. 1982) – DISMISSED
• U.S. v. Kimberlin, 483 F.Supp. 250 (D.C. Ind. 1979)
• U.S. v. Martin, 2003 WL 22736553 (W.D.Tex 2003)
• U.S. v. McCraney, 33 Cr.L. 2131
• U.S. v. Perez, 685 F .Supp. 990 (W.D. Tex. 1988)
• U.S. v. Ritchie, 1992 WL 695477 (E.D.Tenn. 1992)
• U.S. v. Spy Factory, Inc., 951 F.Supp. 450 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)
• U.S. v. Stephens, 2007 WL 2088378 (W.D.Tex. 2007)
• Trombley v. Secretary of Defense, 330 F .Supp. 886 (D.C. Tex. 1972)
• Zollino v. U.S. , 2004 WL 692154 (W.D. Tex. 2004)

*STATE COURT*

• Batres v. State, 762 S.W.2d 611 (Tex.Cr.App. 1988)
• Batres v. State, 727 S.W.2d 83 (Tex.App. – San Antonio 1987)
• Casillas v. State, 733 S.W.2d 158 (Tex.Cr.App. 1986)
• Clark (Jack Wade) v. State, 1994 WL 68275 (Tex.Cr.App. 1994)
• Crawford v. Texas, 617 S.W.2d 925 (Tex.Cr.App. – en banc 1980)
• Cruz v. State, 645 S.W.2d 498 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1982)
• Cruz v. State, 586 S.W.2d 861 (Tex.Cr.App. 1979)
• Dexter v. State, 544 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. 1976)
• Durrough v. State, 562 S.W.2d 488 (Tex.Cr.App. 1978)
• Ex Parte Duffy, 607 S.W.2d 507, 17 A.L.R. 4th 546 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Ex parte Sheridan, 974 S.W.2d 129 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998)
• Fair v. State, 758 S.W.2d 898 (Tex.App. – Corpus Christi 1988)
• Goodrich v. State, 156 S.W.3d 141 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2005)
• Hardinge v. State, 500 S.W.2d 870 (Tex. 1973)
• Hawkins v. State, 613 S.W.2d 720 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Hernandez v. State, 548 S.W.2d 904 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Iranian Muslim Organization v. City of San Antonio, 604 S.W.2d 379 (Tex.Civ.App. 1980)
• In re Sosa, 2007 WL 2315966 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2007)
• In re White, 227 S.W.3d 234 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2007)
• Kennedy v. State, 2008 WL 3540030 (Tex.App.-Austin 2008)
• Manziel v. State, 2003 WL 21356019 (Tex.App.-Tyler 2003)
• Martinez v. State, 899 S.W.2d 655 (Tex.Crim.App. 1994)
• Mauldin v. Coats, 786 S.W.2d 737 (Tex.App. – Tyler 1989)
• Mauldin v. State, 874 S.W.2d 692 (Tex.App. – Tyler 1993)
• Meeks v. State, 692 S.W.2d 504 (Tex.Cr.App. 1985)
• Miles v. State, 501 S.W.2d 91 (Tex. 1973)
• Norton v. State, 771 S.W.2d 160 (Tex.App. – Texarkana 1989)
• Ramirez v. State, 836 S.W.2d 635 (Tex.Crim.App. 1992)
• Ramirez v. State, 1991 WL 261024 (Tex.Cr.App. 1991)
• Ramirez v. State, 801 S.W.2d 110 (Tex.App. – San Antonio 1990)
• Russell v. State, 702 S.W.2d 617 (Tex.Cr.App. 1985)
• Russell v. State, 685 S.W.2d 413 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1985)
• State v. Westergren, 707 S.W.2d 260 (Tex.App. 13 Dist. 1985)
• State v. Williams, 780 S.W.2d 891 (Tex.App. – San Antonio 1989)
• Vasquez v. State, 557 S.W.2d 779 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Ward v. State, 657 S.W.2d 133 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Wheeler v. State, 659 S.W.2d 381 (Tex.Cr.App. 1982)
• White v. State, 601 S.W.2d 364 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Ybarbo v. State, 659 S.W.2d 898 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1983)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas. Inc., 829 F.2d 532, 56 U.S.L.W. 2263 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas. Inc., 9 Fed.R.Serv. 83 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Solow, 574 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1978)
• State v. Williams, 780 S.W.2d 891 (Tex.App. – San Antonio 1989)

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Year Joined Organization:

1968

Areas of Practice:

90% Criminal Law

10% Pro Bono

Certification/Specialties:

Criminal Law, State Bar of Texas, 1975

Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law, 2012

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1968

Colorado, 1989

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1970

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1970

U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1983

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981

U.S. Supreme Court, 1975

Education:

The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1968
LL.B.

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1965
B.A.
Major:  Business Administration

Published Works:

Grand Jury Practice

Pretrial Release

Indictment [Joinder/Severance/Transfer]

Pretrial Motions

Suppression of Evidence

Jury Selection

Trial [Evidence]

Examination of Witnesses

Jury Instructions

Closing Arguments

Creative Trial Techniques

Criminal Issues – Civil Cases

Jury Arguments [Closings to Remember]

Search and Seizure

Life and Hearsay – Post Crawford Era

Federal Appeals

Supreme Court Review

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Advanced Criminal Procedure, St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1998 – Present

Advanced Criminal Procedure, University of Texas School of Law, 1982 – 1993

Faculty, National Criminal Defense College

Honors and Awards:

Best Lawyers in America, 1987 – Present

Texas Monthly – Texas Super Lawyers

Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers

Top 50 Central and West Texas Region Super Lawyers, Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2003 – 2007

Scene in SA Monthly – San Antonio’s Best Attorneys, San Antonio Law, Top Ten Lawyers, 2004 – 2008

Texas Lawyer Legal Legends, 100 Best Lawyers over Last 100 years (100 Year Anniversary of State Bar of Texas), 2000

Recipient, Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award [Outstanding Criminal Defense Attorney in the United States] from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1991

Recipient, Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer in Texas from the State Bar of Texas, 1991

Justice Albert Tate, Jr. Award [Outstanding Contribution to Criminal Advocacy] from the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1993

Recipient, John Henry Faulk Civil Libertarian of the Year Award from the American Civil Liberties Union

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Hall of Fame, 2002

Marquis Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American Law, 14th Edition, 2006 – 2007

Texas Legal Legends Award, State Bar of Texas, Litigation Council, November 2011

Professional Associations and Memberships:

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1994 – 1995 Past President

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1992 – 1993 Past President

Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997 – Present

Fellow, State Bar Foundation, 1976 – Present

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1991 – Present

American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 1987 – Present

American Board of Trial Advocates, 1997 – Present

Dean’s Round Table, University of Texas School of Law, 1989 – Present

Texas Civil Liberties Union, 1979 – 1985 General Counsel

San Antonio Bar Association, 1977 – 1978 Board of Directors

American Bar Association, 1968 – Present

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Languages:

English