Simeon Goldman is general counsel at the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley and has worked to enforce the community integration, housing, employment, and other civil rights of people with disabilities since 1988. He served as supervising attorney at Disability Rights New York (formerly Disability Advocates, Inc.), where he worked from 1991 to 2021. He has successfully litigated claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the NYS Human Rights Law. He has advised the government, employers, advocates, health care providers, and housing providers on complying with these laws. He has taught many attorneys and advocates how to effectively represent and empower their clients.

Goldman was an adjunct professor at Albany Law School, teaching a seminar on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities. Goldman is co-editor of the New York State Bar Association’s three-volume Disability Law and Practice and co-authored the NYSBA’s 2019 Report on eliminating inquiries about the mental disabilities of Bar applicants. He is a recipient of a Lifetime Advocacy Achievement Award from the NYS Chief Disability Office (2023), the Henry Viscardi Advocacy Award from the NYS Assembly (2013), the Beacon Leadership Award from the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley (2011) and the Ted Weiss Consumer Advocacy Award from the Brain Injury Association of NYS (2000).

Goldman is a 1986 University of Buffalo School of Law graduate and lives with his wife, Leslie Bristol, in Delmar, NY.