Scott B. Goldshaw

Managing Partner

Scott B. Goldshaw has been practicing employment law and litigation since 1996, representing employers and employees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Mr. Goldshaw is widely recognized as one of the area’s top employment attorneys. Scott’s practice encompasses practically every aspect of employment law, ranging from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment to wage payment, benefits, and non-competition agreements. Mr. Goldshaw routinely litigates in federal and state courts, handling all aspects of litigation through trial and on appeal. When not in court, Scott negotiates employment and severance contracts of all kinds, provides counseling on various employment-related issues, and has served as a private mediator and an arbitrator for employment claims. His practice includes providing pro bono legal services to not-for-profit organizations and indigent individuals.

Mr. Goldshaw has been included in The Best Lawyers in America list, as published in U.S. News & World Report, every year since 2013, and was named its “Lawyer of the Year” for 2022 for Employment Law – Individuals in Philadelphia. He has been named as a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania every year since 2012.

Mr. Goldshaw is a frequent lecturer on employment-related topics. He is a longstanding member of the Planning Team for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Employment Law Institute.

Prior to joining our firm in 2025, Scott practiced employment law and litigation at Salmanson Goldshaw, P.C. from 2001 to 2025; worked in the employment litigation department of Willig, Williams & Davidson in Philadelphia from 2000 to 2001; and worked in the employment litigation department of Kaye Scholer LLP (now Arnold & Porter LLC) in New York from 1996 to 2000. He served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1995 to 1996.

Scott received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania cum laude in 1995 where he served on the Editorial Board of the Law Review. He was awarded Order of the Coif and the P. Pemberton Morris Prize for the top student in evidence, pleading and practice. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1992, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with Highest Honors in Economics.

Outside of his legal practice, Scott has served in various roles with not-for-profit organizations. A baseball lover, Scott has coached more than twenty-five youth sports teams for his three children.