The Golden Law Firm - Attorneys

Lawrence Golden

Lawrence W. Golden currently serves on the Board of the Oneida County Bar Association, and was President of the association in 2008. Last year, he co-chaired the "Art of Innocence", the bar association's five day program creating awareness about the issues of wrongful convictions and the Innocence Project. He was appointed in October 2009 to the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Wrongful Convictions, which is studying the causes of wrongful convictions and proposing changes in the judicial system that will prevent future wrongful convictions. He was appointed by the Appellate Division in April 2009 to the Fifth Judicial District Grievance Committee, and was appointed in June 2009 to the boards of Legal Aid Society of Mid-York, Inc. and Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. 

He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 and Buffalo Law School in 1969.
 
Mr. Golden has been active in the community, having served on the boards of various local organizations. He was President of the Utica Rotary Club in 2001, President of Family Services of the Mohawk Valley in 1996-1998, and President of The Utica Chapter of the American Red Cross in 1986.
 
Email: lwgolden@aol.com

B. Brooks Benson

Brooks Benson graduated from Brown University in 1979, from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1983, and from Case Western Reserve Law School in 1986. He is a member of the Oneida County Bar Association, the NYS Bar Association, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives, the Injured Workers Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York, the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, and the National Organization of Veterans Advocates.

Mr. Benson is a former President of the Greater Utica Community Food Bank.

 

Email: bbenson@thegoldenlawfirm.com