Professional of the Year for 2008 in Eminent Domain Law: William A. Goldman, Esq.

	William A. Goldman, Esq.
Industry	Law
Title	Partner/Attorney
Expertise	Eminent domain law, zoning, land use issues throughout professional career; continually representing property owners threatened by eminent domain in Franklin County, Ohio and surrounding areas and obtaining just compensation for those land owners for their land and damage to the residual land or land not taken
Current Organization	Goldman & Braunstein, LLP
Type of Organization	Law firm
Major Product	Legal services
Area of Distribution	Ohio
University/Degree	B.S., Business,1963; J.D., 1966, Ohio State University
Born	April 19, 1940, Akron, Ohio
Honors & Awards	Appointed by Mayor Michael B. Coleman to sit as a member of the Columbus Zoological Park Association Appointed Board; was regional and district Gadol and then was elected Grand Aleph Gadol in 1959 at Camp B'nai B'rith in Starlight, Pennsylvania, and was president of a B'nai B'rith Men's Chapter in Columbus, Ohio
Affiliations	Columbus Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Member, Veterans Memorial Board of Trustees & Chair of the Management Committee
Hobbies & Sports	Travel, reading, golf
Career Accomplishments	Has been involved in 11 eminent domain settlements or trials that have resulted in awards to clients of over $1 million with the largest being $13.5 million; has developed a reputation as one of the best and most effective zoning and eminent domain attorneys in central Ohio; was involved in the rezonings of the first Planned Unit Developments in central Ohio; has successfully represented land owners in eminent domain actions receiving a verdict of $8 million (the initial offer by the condemning authority was $3.5 million) and a verdict of $13 million (initial offer $3.8 million) before juries in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; past accomplishments include being a board member of the Ohio Housing and Development Board (State Housing Authority), Co-Chair of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission's Task Force on Fair Housing, Co-Chair of the New York University Real Estate Investment Conference, Co-Chair of the National Business Institute seminar on "Land Use Law in Ohio", and Chair of the Columbus Parkland Dedication Committee; he was appointed by past City of Columbus Mayor Lashutka to be a member of the Columbus Zoning Steering Committee which was responsible for rewriting the Columbus Zoning Code; was an integral part of the final review of the Columbus Comprehensive Land Plan (1995) and was a committee member in the drafting of the Columbus West Side Plan
Work History	Crabbe, Brown & James, 1966-1969; Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel, Member of Board of Directors & Executive Committee, Homewood Corp., 1970-1980; Miller, Goldman & Dye, 1980-92; Private practice of law, 1992-98; Goldman & Braunstein, 1998 to present
Children	Shelby, Kimberly Garcia
Spouse	Joanna L. Felder-Goldman
Married	February 16, 1991
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