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45 William Street
Suite 120
Wellesley, MA 02481-4004
Boston

• Commercial Litigation
• Complex Project Permitting
• Construction Litigation
• Environmental Litigation
• Land Use and Natural Resources
• Media, Entertainment, and Sports Law
• Real Estate Litigation
• Wetlands - Land Use
• Land Use
• Litigation

• Lehigh University (B.A., Economics and Journalism, summa cum laude, 1994)
• Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997)
• Board of Student Advisers, 1995-1997

• Massachusetts (1997)
• U.S. District Court, Massachusetts (1997)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (1998)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (2007)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit (2008)
• American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Boston Bar Association
• National Association of Home Builders
• Builders Association of Greater Boston
• Graduate, Leadership MetroWest Leadership Academy (2007)
• Board of Directors, Leadership MetroWest

Marc J. Goldstein is a Principal in Beveridge & Diamond’s Wellesley, Massachusetts office, with a practice focusing on land use and real estate development before permit-granting authorities and in court.

Permitting

Mr. Goldstein’s real estate development, land use, and zoning law practice focuses on the representation of builders, developers, and property owners seeking all types of permits and approvals. Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, Mr. Goldstein served as Town Counsel and Special Town Counsel for municipalities at a major Boston law firm on the complete spectrum of land use and development issues, including Comprehensive Permits, wetlands, Title V, historic districts, and special permits and variances. Mr. Goldstein brings his years of experience on behalf of municipalities to each project in helping to guide clients through the permitting process.  

Land Use and Commercial Litigation

Mr. Goldstein’s extensive experience before the trial courts, appellate courts, and administrative agencies is available in the event project permitting results in litigation. Mr. Goldstein has successfully briefed and argued land use and commercial cases before the Land Court, Superior Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Mr. Goldstein's experience with complex commercial disputes includes cases involving enforcement of non-competition agreements, breach of contract, and construction and real estate disputes.

Media and Entertainment Law

Mr. Goldstein taps his experience as a newspaper reporter and a journalism major to bring a unique perspective to First Amendment and media-related issues. During the prepublication review stage, Mr. Goldstein counsels media clients on how to avoid liability while relying on his journalism experience to ensure that reducing liability does not eviscerate the story. When litigation is unavoidable, Mr. Goldstein has represented media clients, including local affiliates of national broadcasters, cable news channels, newspapers, and radio stations, in successfully defending defamation and privacy claims. Mr. Goldstein has also aggressively pursued impounded records, discovery, and other key information on behalf of reporters.

Mr. Goldstein received his J.D. in 1997 from Harvard Law School (cum laude), where he was a member of the Board of Student Advisers. He received a B.A. from Lehigh University (summa cum laude) in 1994 with majors in journalism and economics, where he was the editor in chief of the semi-weekly newspaper. He is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and was named a "Rising Star" in the May 2006 and May 2007 issues of Boston Magazine.