PRACTICE AREAS
Ms. Goldstein practices law in the following areas:

State and Local Government Law; Public and Government Contracts; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; School Law; Planning and Zoning Law; and Land Use.

Associate Judge, Municipal Court, City of Cockrell Hill

Associate Judge, Municipal Court, City of Dallas, August 25, 2004 to November 16, 2009

Presiding Judge, Municipal Court, City of Royse City

DISTINCTIONS
Language: Fluent in Spanish

Appointed Legal Counselor to the Mexican Consulate in Houston, Texas on March 20, 1998.
AV  Rating
Life Fellow of The Foundation of The Federal Bar Association
The Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation Fellow

BAR ADMISSIONS
United States Supreme Court;
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

EDUCATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL LAW CENTER, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1990
HOOD COLLEGE, Frederick, Maryland, B.A., 1984

PRESENTATIONS
Ms. Goldstein is a frequent faculty member of and speaker before the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, the National Court Collections Symposium, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Governmental Collectors Association of Texas and individual clients. Such presentations are made before prosecutors, judges, local municipal and county officials, police officers, code enforcement officers and staff in the following general areas of local concern: outsourcing collection contracts, planning and zoning, code enforcement, nuisance abatement and ordinances, moratoriums and growth management, competitive bidding and procurement policies. Ms. Goldstein has also participated in an Alternate Dispute Resolution seminar in Mexico and presented before the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico on the Texas death penalty, the trial, appeal and habeas corpus.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

• The First Amendment and Independent Contractors: The U.S. Supreme Court Expands Governmental Liability, The Urban Lawyer, The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law, Vol.29, No. 2 (Spring 1997)
• The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 44, No. 4 (May 1997, by Terrence S. Welch and Bonnie Lee Goldstein.
• Fanciful Logic and Creative History: Successful Assaults on Critical Path-Based Claims, The University of Texas Law School, 7th annual Construction Law Conference, February 10-11, 1994, Houston, Texas. Presented by Bonnie Goldstein Daniel (co-authored with John W. Nassen).
• Construction Warranties in Texas, The Construction Lawyer (Vol. 13, No. 2) April 1993. Presented by Bonnie Lee Daniel (co-authored with Laird E. Lawrence).

COMMUNITY SERVICE / PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Altrusa International, Inc of Downtown Dallas, Member 1997-1999;2003 to 2005
American Bar Association, Member (1991 to Present)
Anti-Defamation League, Assisted in appeal of First Admendment case
Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Volunteer (1992-1996)
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow (2008 to Present)
Dallas Bar Association, Member (2003 to Present)
Dallas Family Resources, Director (1993 to 1994). Fund raising organization to assist other non-profit organizations dedicated to preventing family violence.
Federal Bar Association, Dallas Chapter, Member, Membership Chair (June 1995 to June 1996); Secretary and Newsletter Editor (June 1996 to June 1997); Treasurer (June 1997 to June 1998); Vice President (June 1998 to June 1999) (coordinated annual Civil Practice Seminar); President-Elect (June 1999 to June 2000); President (June 2000 to June 2001); Immediate Past President (June 2001 to June  2002); Member (1995 to present); Life Fellow (2003 to present)
Legal Services of North Texas, Pro Bono representation of general civil and family legal matters (1990-1994)
Mi Escuelita, Co Chair, Race Day Festival, Great Pumpkin Fun Run, fund raising event, October 26, 1996; Coordinator of Childrens Reading Corner, Great Pumpkin Fun Run, October 25 1997; volunteer and emcee October 1998
Right Alternatives for People, Director (1993 -1994), Intervention Project for “at-risk” juveniles.
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Pro Bono representation of an artist in a collection matter (1994)
Texas City  Attorneys Association, Texas Municipal League, Member (2004 to Present)
Texas - Mexico Bar Association, Member (2003-2004)
TMCEC - Member (2005 tp Present); Education Committee, (2006 to Present)
Texas Resource Center, Pro Bono representation of inmate on death row habeas appeal (1992-1994)
The Mexico Institute, Member (2003-2004)
The Spectrum: The Quarterly Newsletter of the State and Local Government Relations Section of the Federal Bar Association, Newsletter Editor (Fall 1995)

PUBLISHED OPINIONS
Ed A. Wilson, Inc. v. General Services Administration, 126 F.3d 1406 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
Ed A. Wilson, Inc. v. General Services Administration, GSBCA 12596, 96-1 BCA ¶ 27, 934.
Teague v. City of Jacksboro, 190 S.W. 3d 813 (Tex App - Ft. Worth, 2006 pet denied)