[2] In 1939, he received publicity for a suit he brought, as co-counsel with his brother Louis L. Goldman, on behalf of two juvenile roller skaters who claimed that Sid Grauman—the showman who established Hollywood landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre—had reneged on promises of motion picture roles in exchange for their completion of a 6,000-mile cross-country roller skating junket.
[4] In the 1950s, he represented notorious juvenile heiress Mary Catherine Reardon Gueci, daughter of a wealthy St. Louis paint manufacturer, who had "been accused of everything from murder to shoplifting" beginning at the age of 13.
[5][6][7][8][9] In 1951, he represented MGM set decorator Morris Braun in a stolen idea suit against television station KTTV Channel 11, claiming its show Batter Up was taken from his script, Play Ball.
[14] In 1954, he represented the executive head of Technicolor, Natalie Kalmus, in divorce proceedings, arranging her narrow escape from a jail sentence for contempt of court after she wrote a letter to the judge without Goldman's knowledge.
[23] In 1965, he represented actor Michael Wilding, a former husband of Elizabeth Taylor, in a libel suit against gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and the publishers of her book The Whole Truth and Nothing But, securing a six-figure settlement.