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Founding Partner

Email : mgoldenberg@nighgoldenberg.com

Phone : 202-978-2228

Staff : Halle Knutson (hknutson@nighgoldenberg.com)

Biography

Marlene Goldenberg grew up working in her family’s law firm and held nearly every position in the firm prior to co-founding her own. Today, Marlene Goldenberg’s practice is largely devoted to advocating for those who have been injured by defective medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs.

Marlene Goldenberg also specializes in individual personal injury, sexual assault, product liability, and medical malpractice claims. Marlene has been specifically chosen by judges and special masters to serve on Plaintiff Steering Committees and Plaintiff Executive Committees in mass torts.

Marlene Goldenberg believes strongly that the law should be a vehicle for making the world a better and safer place for all of us.

Practice Areas

Defective Drugs
Defective Medical Devices
Defective Products
Product Liability
Defective Supplements
Sexual Assault
Medical Malpractice

BAR ADMISSIONS

Minnesota, 2013

Washington, D.C., 2022

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2013

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2015

Education

William Mitchell College of Law, St Paul, Minnesota
- Juris doctorate, 2013
- Honors: cum laude
- Moot Court: Niagara International Moot Court
BPP Law School, London, United Kingdom
- Graduate Diploma in Law, 2012
- Moot Court: Jessup International Moot Court
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
- Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Political Philosophy, and Spanish
- Honors: magna cum laude, Student Body President

Leadership Positions

Plaintiffs Executive Committee: In re Paraquat Products Liability Litigation
Plaintiffs Steering Committee: In re Zantac (ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation
Plaintiffs Executive Committee: In re Valsartan, Losartan & Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation
Discovery Liaison and Plaintiffs Steering Committee Member: In re Aripiprazole Products Liability Litigation
Law and Motion Committee Member: In re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation

Honors and Awards

Selected by Best Lawyers® in Minnesota, 2022, 2023
Selected by Minnesota Super Lawyers– Rising Star, 2015-2022
2018 Member of the Year, Minnesota Association for Justice
Selected by Minnesota Lawyer– Up & Coming Attorney, 2014

Presentations & Publications

Co-Leader of Zantac Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, 2019-Present
Co-Leader of Valsartan Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, 2018-Present
Co-Leader of Abilify Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, 2017-2020
Speaker, Women Trial Lawyers Conference, Maximizing Your Law Firm’s Potential, Fall 2022
Speaker, “The Appropriate Use of Protective Orders of Confidentiality in Complex Litigation and Mass Torts,” West/Thomson Reuters, Fall 2021
“What to Do with a New Drug or Device Case,” Minnesota Trial Magazine, Winter 2017
Speaker, “Abilify,” Mass Tort Medical School, Orlando, Florida, March 2017
Speaker, “Abilify and Compulsive Gambling,” American Association for Justice Mid-Winter Convention, Austin, Texas, February 2017
Speaker, “Medical Device Preemption and Getting Around Riegel,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, July 2015
“Taking on Infuse and Preemption,” Trial Magazine, July 2015
Speaker, “Speaking to Your Treating Physician and Pleading Fraud,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2014
Speaker, “Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft- Litigation Update,” American Association for Justice Education’s Plaintiff-Only Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Litigation Update Seminar, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2014
“Pleading a Parallel Claim Based on Fraudulent Promotion of Off-Label Use,” American Association for Justice Speaker Paper, July 2013
Moderator, “A Broad View of the Medtronic Infuse Litigation and Substantive Issues Therein,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, San Francisco, California July 2013.
“Pleading a Parallel Claim: The Challenging Landscape of Preemption in Medical Device Cases and Possibilities for the Near Future,” American Association for Justice Infuse Bone Graft Teleseminar Speaker Paper, December 2012

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Association for Justice – Member
Minnesota Association for Justice – Member

Professional Associations and Memberships

Twin Cities Cardozo Society Board Member, 2016-2022
Children’s Law Center Volunteer Attorney, 2014-2022
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Minnesota: Big Sister, 2013-Present
Jewish Family & Children’s Service: Volunteer, 2013-Present
Volunteer, Temple Israel, 2018-Present