
Jonathan Goldstein brings nearly 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and business owner to his law practice. Mr. Goldstein's practice focuses on firearms law and election law as well as entrepreneurial business advising.
Mr. Goldstein is an NRA certified pistol instructor and is a volunteer attorney for several firearms organizations including the National Rifle Association. He actively lectures on firearms law and firearms safety across Pennsylvania and is a frequent presenter for continuing legal education providers such as CAPE, NACLE and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
In May 2011, Mr. Goldstein was awarded the Defender of Justice Award by the National Rifle Association's Institute of Legislative Action for his "tireless service to the Constitution and with particular emphasis on the protection and furtherance of the Second Amendment."
As of September 2018, Mr. Goldstein sat for several years as a non-director member of the National Rifle Association board’s Legal Affairs Committee and was also a member of the NRA’s 2016 Nominating Committee.
He was elected to the NRA’s board and to the board’s Audit Committee in April 2025. As of April, 2025, he is the chair of the NRA's Finance Committee and serves as a member of the NRA's Legal Affairs Committee as well as a trustee of the NRA's Civil Rights Defense Fund.
A brief prepared by Mr. Goldstein was cited favorably by Justice Alito in his Bruen concurrence.
Mr. Goldstein received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He returned to the University of Pennsylvania for law school, earning his J.D. in 2005. Mr. Goldstein is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as Washington, D.C., several Circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court where his firm argued a case in the 2023-2024 term.
In September 2025, Mr. Goldstein began teaching a course on 2nd Amendment law as an adjunct at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Goldstein is an active private equity investor purchasing and turning around small American manufacturing companies. Mr. Goldstein is also a licensed commercial pilot.
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