Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician (1934–2020)
The Honourable
Yoine J. Goldstein
Senator for Rigaud senate division
In office August 29, 2005 – May 11, 2009
Appointed by
Paul Martin
Preceded by
Gérald Beaudoin
Succeeded by
Jacques Demers
Personal details
Born
(1934-05-11)May 11, 1934 Montreal, Quebec
Died
March 18, 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 85) Montreal, Quebec
Political party
Liberal
Spouse
Elaine
Children
2
Occupation
Lawyer
Yoine J. Goldstein (May 11, 1934 – March 18, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and former Senator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, his education includes a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in 1955, a Bachelor of Civil Law (with honours) from McGill University in 1958 (where he was selected as the Articles Editor for the McGill Law Journal),[1] and a Doctor of Laws from the Université de Lyon in 1960. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1961. He specializes in insolvency, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Prior to becoming a senator, he was a senior and managing partner of the Montreal law firm, Goldstein, Flanz & Fishman.
From 1973 until 1997, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Bankruptcy. In 1992, he received the Lord Reading Law Society Human Rights Award, and the Lord Reading Law Society Service Award in 1998.[2]
Active in Montreal's Jewish community, he was president of Federation CJA (a funding, planning, and coordinating body of services for some of the 93,000 Jews in Montreal) from 1995 to 1997.[3] He is also a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Concordia University Chair of Canadian Jewish Studies.
^"Masthead, Volume 4". McGill Law Journal. 1957.
^"The Honourable Sen. Yoine Goldstein". LexisNexis. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
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