Attorney & Staff Profiles

Mark Goldman received a B.A. from Rutgers College and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 1973 and is licensed to practice in New Jersey, U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

He was a partner in the East Orange/Jersey City Law Firm of Tulipan, Goldman and Conk from 1984 to 1992. He resigned from the firm of Tulipan, Goldman and Conk to form the firm of Mark Goldman, A Professional Corporation. Offices are maintained in East Orange, Jersey City and Paterson . The firm's practice is concentrated in the areas of consumer bankruptcy law and real estate law.

Prior to entering into private practice, he was the senior supervising consumer staff attorney with Essex-Newark Legal Services from 1973 to 1979. He was a three year member of the Lawyer's Advisory Committee to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey and was member of the Advisory Committee on Chapter 13 practice in the United States Bankruptcy Court for New Jersey . He is a past member of Essex County Bar Association Executive Committee, Creditor-Debtor Section; a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member of National Association of Consumer Advocates, and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has lectured on bankruptcy matters for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education and Professional Education Systems, Inc. He was selected as mentor in the Honorable Daniel J. Moore Bankruptcy Inn of Court Program. He has co-authored a section of a book "Bankruptcy Practical Skills Series" for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education . He has been selected on numerous occasions as a panelist for the New Jersey State Bench Bar Conference. He is also a past member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District Fee Arbitration Committee and former chair of Suburban Essex District V-B Fee Committee. He has also been frequently interviewed and quoted in the New Jersey Law Journal and various newspapers concerning bankruptcy issues.

He has represented consumers and small businesses with compassion and understanding for over 37 years.

Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy Law
• Debtor/Creditor
• Real Estate Law

Litigation Percentage

• 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1973
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1973
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1973
  Juris Doctor
  
  
• Rutgers College, New Brunswick
  B.S.
  Major: History
  
  

Published Works

• Contributing Author, Inside the Minds: Chapter 7 Consumer Bankruptcy Strategies, Aspatore Books, 2010
• Contributing Author, "Bankruptcy, Practical Skills Series.", Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• In re Falotico 231 B.R. 35 (Bkrtcy. D.NJ 1979)
• Lee Brown vs. Walter Shaw 174 NJ Super. 32, 415 A. 2d 360 (1980)
• Whitmore v. New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles 349 A.2d 560, 137 NJ Super 492 (1980)
• In re Barbara J. Amoako-Attah 7 CBN 12 (1998)
• In re Cappodoca 154 B.R. 639 (Bkrtcy.D.N.J 1993)
• In re Willie Malone (1978, BC DC NJ), 4 BCD 1186, 19 CBC 163
• In re Little 201 B.R. 98 (Bkrtcy D.N.J 1996) 159F 3d 1352 (3d.Cir. 1998) (unpublished table decision)
• In re Joseph Burkhardt 220 B.R. 837 (Bkrtcy D.N.J. 1998)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Lecturer on Bankruptcy, for the New Jersey, Institute of Continuing Legal Education & Professional Education Systems, Inc.
• Adjunct Writing Professor, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Member of the American Bankruptcy Institute
  
  
• Member National Association of Consumer Advocates
  
  
• Former Member of Executive Committee of the Essex County Bar Association, Creditor-Debtor Section
  
  
• Member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
  
  
• Former Member of Lawyer's Advisory Committee Chapter 13 Practice for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
  
  
• Former Member of the Advisory Committee Chapter 13 Practice for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
  
  
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Tulipan, Goldman and Conk, Senior Partner, 1984 - 1992
• Newark Legal Services, Senior Supervising Consumer Staff Attorney Essex, 1973 - 1979