Richard S. Goldstein, was born in New York, but now resides in London with his family who are all dual nationals of the U.S. as well as the U.K.
Richard is the Senior Partner of the Law Firm in New York which he established in 1979 and now manages and is the Senior Partner of its affiliated office in London. Both the New York and London offices deal exclusively with U.S. immigration and nationality law with a particular emphasis on business immigration law as well as consular visa matters. The client base of both offices is primarily corporate in nature as well as high net worth individuals. Richard is currently very much involved with consular issues and U.S. citizenship matters with an emphasis on renunciation of citizenship.
Richard is admitted to the Bar of The State of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Richard has organized and chaired numerous international immigration seminars over the last thirty years for various Bar Associations, business organisations and private groups and he has also been invited to lecture at numerous seminars in Europe and Asia as well as in North America. He has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for more than thirty years and served as the President of its New York Chapter at a time when there were over five hundred lawyers in the Chapter. Richard has additionally served as a member of the Board of Governors of AILA and was also the Chairman of its Visa Office Liaison Committee.