Robert E. Goldstein is a retired partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. Also a certified public accountant, he was a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and Labor & Employment Practices, as well as the Health Care Industry Team. He was also a member of the firm’s National Pro Bono Committee.

Robert focused his practice on employee benefits and all forms of qualified and nonqualified retirement programs. He also has extensive experience in a variety of other executive compensation and employee benefit programs such as health and welfare plans, cafeteria plans, Section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans, Section 457 plans, and employee fringe benefits.

Robert served as tax and employee benefits counsel to several large retirement plans, sponsored by both private and public sector employees. He also advised nonprofit organizations, primarily arts organizations, trade associations and universities, regarding a variety of tax issues such as unrelated business income and exemption problems.

Robert previously served as an attorney in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. He lectures frequently on a variety of topics involving compensation and benefit issues, most recently at the University of Southern California 46th Annual Institute of Taxation. He also has published several articles in such periodicals as The Journal of Taxation and Taxes Magazine.