Michael Goldman

General Counsel

All contacts of a legal nature are made through the BNL Legal Office. This includes service of process (subpoenas), questions on application and interpretation of local, state and federal laws to laboratory operations, laboratory contracts and international agreements, and litigation.

The General Counsel is the principal legal advisor to the Laboratory Director and staff on matters related to the Department of Energy's contract with Brookhaven Science Associates for management and operation of the Brookhaven National Laboratory.

The General Counsel is also an officer of BSA, serving as Secretary of the company.

Vision

To represent the laboratory and its employees with honesty, diligence and integrity commensurate with the high scientific professionalism and worker pride that Brookhaven National Laboratory stands for.

Biographical Information

Michael Goldman graduated from Wesleyan University and Columbia University School of Law.  After graduating from law school he worked for New York City law firms for a few years, was in-house counsel to a small public company, was President of a small public company.  He has been employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory for over 30 years.  He became Deputy General Counsel to Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC in 1998, and General Counsel in 2008. As General Counsel, Michael is also an officer of Brookhaven Science Associates, serving as Secretary of the Company.

Last Modified: July 28, 2010

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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