JOSEPH A. GOLDEN

OF COUNSEL

Joseph A. Golden has over 50 years’ experience as a Labor and Employment lawyer devoted to representing individuals in wrongful discharge and workplace discrimination claims. He has lectured on programs dealing with employee rights issues throughout Michigan and the United States. Prior to establishing his own firm in 1978, Mr. Golden was a partner in the Southfield firm of Fieger, Golden and Cousens, serving as General Counsel to the Michigan Federation of Teachers. Mr. Golden testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Labor & Education Committee on the proposed Civil Rights Bill of 1991.

JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Michigan, 1968

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

• U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit

• U.S. Supreme Court

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law, 1991-present 

• Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006–present, in the areas of Labor and Employment Law and Litigation

• Distinguished Services Award, Michigan State Bar 

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 1996 

• Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2012 

• State Bar of Michigan

  • Member, Labor and Employment Law Section

  • Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

• American Bar Association (ABA)

  • Public Co-chair of ABA’s Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee 1983-1987 

  • Council Member, 19-Member Governing Council of the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law, 1988-1992

• National Employment Lawyers Association

  • Founding Member, 1985

  • Executive Board Member, 1985-1995

  • President, 1991-1993

• Michigan Employment Lawyers Association

  • Co-founder, 1991 

  • President, 1991-1995

  • Legislative Director, 1995-Present 

• Member, Oakland County Bar Association

• Member, Macomb County Bar Association

• Member, Federal Bar Association