Eric Goldstein, a securities litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, will resign from the firm’s partnership to become CEO of UJA-Federation of New York, a Jewish charitable organization with a budget of more than $200 million and 410 employees, the organization announced Thursday.
Goldstein, partner and chair of Paul Weiss’ pro bono committee, has been practicing at the firm for more than 30 years, focusing on securities class actions, white-collar crime, investigations and commercial disputes, with clients such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and News Corp. He also represented so-called “junk bond king” Michael Milken.
