Attorneys

Mark A. Goldstein

Founder / Immigration Attorney in Pittsburgh

Mark A. Goldstein focuses his practice on representing individuals and businesses in all aspects of immigration matters. He has practiced extensively before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service), State Department, Department of Labor, Board of Immigration Appeals, and various Federal Courts. Mr. Goldstein has authored numerous publications on immigration, exporting, and international trade, and he frequently gives lectures on immigration matters. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal as an international business strategist. Mr. Goldstein has also traveled extensively throughout Asia and Latin America on behalf of clients.

Education

LL.M., International Commercial Law, Georgetown University, with distinction, 1990
J.D., Syracuse University Law School, cum laude, 1987
B.A., Brandeis University, with honors, 1984

Admissions

Massachusetts, 1988
New York, 1988
District of Columbia, 1988
Pennsylvania, 1992
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1996

Memberships

Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Immigration Committee)
American Immigration Lawyers Association

Andrew E. Wood

Andrew E. Wood has been an immigration attorney with Goldstein & Associates since 2008, with his experience spanning a wide range of immigration related legal issues. He focuses a majority of his practice on employment based immigration cases and complex deportation and removal cases. He also has a great deal of experience with family based, VAWA, extreme hardship waiver, and asylum cases. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Wood worked throughout Asia, including Thailand, where he lived in 2001 and 2002, as well as Singapore and Sri Lanka, where he implemented a disaster relief program following the 2004 Asian Tsunami. During law school, Mr. Wood was senior editor for JURIST, which awarded him the Excellence of Service Award, JURIST’s highest honor. He also received the law school’s Community Service Award in 2008. Mr. Wood pursued legal studies abroad at the National University of Singapore, with a focus on Southeast Asian Law and International Business Law. Mr. Wood held internships at the Community Legal Education Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines; and the Pittsburgh Refugee and Immigration Assistance Center.