[1] Goh graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law with a first class honours LLB in 2006 as the valedictorian.
[1] Goh became the dean of SMU Law in July 2017, succeeding Yeo Tiong Min.
After obtaining his LLB, Goh was deployed as a Justices' Law Clerk in the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2008.
[1] The court has described his written and oral submissions as "comprehensive, elegantly expressed, and lucidly organised",[5] and as "models of clarity and conciseness".
[7] On 1 July 2022, Goh was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court for a two-year term.
[9] On 4 November 2024, it was announced that Goh will be resigning as a Judge and will be appointed a Deputy Attorney-General on 1 January 2025.