The Law Offices of Jason Goldman has received the 2026 ELA Award for Best Criminal Defense Firm, presented by Expert Law Attorneys. The award recognizes the New York, New York firm for its strong defense of people facing criminal charges.
About the 2026 ELA Awards
The ELA Awards recognize law firms across the United States for the quality of their work and the way they serve clients. Honorees stand out for focused experience in their practice areas, responsive client service, professional conduct, and commitment to the communities they serve.
Why The Law Offices of Jason Goldman Earned the Recognition
The Law Offices of Jason Goldman is a New York City criminal defense firm representing people who are under investigation, arrested or facing charges in state and federal court. Founder Jason Goldman is a former Brooklyn prosecutor who has tried more than 40 cases to verdict, is admitted in New York and New Jersey and in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and has been named a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star. The firm handles federal wire fraud and financial crimes, drug conspiracy, RICO, grand jury subpoenas and target letters, homicide, sexual assault, domestic violence, and sentencing and appeals to the Second Circuit.
Notable outcomes include a grand jury declining to indict in the J train subway self-defense case, dismissed murder charges, a rape conviction reversed on appeal, and below-guidelines sentences in federal fraud and drug cases. His work has been covered by the Associated Press, CNN, the New York Post and New York Magazine. The firm also represents survivors of sexual assault in a practice kept separate from its defense work.
What the Award Means for Clients
People dealing with a criminal charge often have little to go on beyond a website and a few reviews. Recognition in the 2026 ELA Awards gives them one more reason for confidence that The Law Offices of Jason Goldman takes its work and its clients seriously.