Massachusetts Attorney Focused on Business, Contracts, Debt Resolution, and Practical Legal Guidance
Michael Goldstein is a licensed Massachusetts attorney who has practiced law since 2006. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Michael has built his legal career around helping individuals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners solve practical legal and financial problems. His experience includes business formation, business purchases, contract drafting and negotiation, employee-related business issues, collection matters, bankruptcy, tax debt resolution, foreclosure prevention, and financial restructuring.
Michael earned his Juris Doctor from the Massachusetts School of Law. Before attending law school, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Operations Management from the University of Massachusetts. His background in law, finance, operations, and business gives him a practical perspective when advising clients who need clear legal guidance tied to real-world business and financial decisions.
Business and Contract Experience
Over the course of his career, Michael has consulted with hundreds of small business owners. He has helped clients form businesses, review and negotiate contracts, buy and sell businesses, address employee-related concerns, resolve payment disputes, and handle collection matters.
Michael’s approach is practical and business-minded. He understands that many legal issues facing small business owners are not just legal problems — they are operational, financial, and risk-management decisions. His goal is to help clients understand their options, protect their interests, and move forward without unnecessary complexity.
Bankruptcy, Debt, and Financial Restructuring Experience
Michael has represented hundreds of individuals and small business owners in Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and small Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters. His bankruptcy experience includes helping clients evaluate whether bankruptcy is appropriate, respond to creditor pressure, stop collection activity, protect assets where possible, and create a path toward financial recovery.
He has also assisted clients with debt-related matters outside of bankruptcy, including negotiating with creditors, addressing collection claims, working out tax arrears with the IRS, negotiating offers in compromise, and helping clients facing foreclosure explore options such as loan modifications, bankruptcy filings, and reorganizations.
Michael understands that financial problems are often stressful, time-sensitive, and overwhelming. He works to provide clients with clear explanations, practical options, and a strategy that fits their circumstances.
Employment Law Background
Earlier in his legal career, Michael spent more than a decade representing plaintiffs in employment-related matters. His experience included matters before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Massachusetts Superior Court, Massachusetts District Court, and the United States District Court.
While his current focus is on transactional, advisory, business, contract, bankruptcy, and debt-related matters, this litigation background gives Michael valuable insight into how disputes develop, how risk can be reduced, and how carefully drafted agreements and practical legal advice can help avoid larger problems later.
Current Practice Focus
Michael is now based in Florida and focuses primarily on Massachusetts legal matters that can be handled remotely, including transactional, advisory, business, contract, bankruptcy, and debt-resolution matters.
For matters requiring in-person court appearances, local court coverage, or litigation support, Michael may work with appropriate local counsel or co-counsel when needed. This allows clients to benefit from Michael’s experience while ensuring that matters requiring local appearances are handled appropriately.
Michael’s legal experience spans business law, contract matters, bankruptcy, debt resolution, tax negotiations, foreclosure prevention, and employment-related disputes. That breadth of experience allows him to evaluate legal problems from multiple angles and help clients choose practical solutions.
Whether advising a small business owner on a contract, helping a client address debt or creditor pressure, assisting with a business transaction, or guiding someone through bankruptcy options, Michael brings nearly two decades of legal experience, financial understanding, and practical problem-solving to each matter.