Lauren F. Goldberg

• Represented the Rockport Board of Registrars in dozens of voter registration challenges, August, 2024
• Represented the City of Revere as Special Counsel in the November 2023 Mayoral recount.
• Represented the City of Medford as Special Counsel in the November 2023 City Council recount.
• Represented the City of Leominster in the November 2023 City Council recount.
• Represented the Town of Truro in dozens of voter registrations challenges, November 2023.
• Represented the client Towns of Hamilton, Georgetown and Topsfield, and served as special counsel for the Town of Ipswich, in a recount for the November 2022 Essex County State Representative race.
• Represented the City of Framingham as Special Counsel in the November 2021 City Council recount.
• Represented City of Boston as Special Counsel in recount for Councillor-at-Large with nearly 70,000 ballots in Fall of 2019.
• Represented City of Newton as Special Counsel in City-wide recount for District Councillor in Fall 2019.
• Represented City of Salem as Special Counsel in 2019 District Councillor recount and in the prolonged litigation that followed. The matter of Jerry L. Ryan City of Salem, et al., Essex Superior Court, Civil Action No. 1977CV01675 was decided from the bench after nine days of trial with the judge finding in favor of the City on all Counts, which decision was later upheld by the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
• Drafted special legislation for various client communities on a range of matters, from, for example, the use of Community Preservation Act funds in Weston for an existing affordable housing project and issuance of a an all alcoholic beverages licenses for use at the historic Josiah Smith Tavern, to inclusion on the ballot in the Towns of Webster and Watertown of offices to fill untimely vacancies, creation of special funds to address unanticipated significant revenues, as well as legislation ratifying, validating and confirming the Town of Webster’s amendment of its charter, and ratification of numerous elections and town meetings in various client communities held without sufficient legal notice.

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston, Massachusetts
Legal Counsel, Elections Division, August 1997 to April 2000
Staff Attorney, Public Records Division, August 1996 to August 1997

• Massachusetts Bar
• United States Court of Appeals
• United States District Court

Boston University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1995
Boston University Law Review; G. Joseph Tauro Scholar

Trinity College (Hartford, CT), Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, 1991

• Elections, Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, May, 2024
• “Elections Overview”, Massachusetts Town and City Clerk Association (MTCA) Annual Conference, June 2024
• “So-called First Amendment Audits”, Massachusetts Collectors & Treasurers Association (MCTA) Annual Conference, June 2024
• “Elections”, Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, May 2024
• “Election Potpourri”, Worcester County Clerk’s Association, April 2024
• “So-called First Amendment Audits”, City of Cambridge, April 2024
• “Town Meeting: Everything You Want To Know But Are Afraid To Ask”, Town of Wenham, March 2024
• “Roberts Rules and Open Meeting Law”, Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers, (MAAO), January 2024
• “Open Meeting, Public Records and Conflict of Interest Law Overview”, Town of Brewster, October 2023
• “Campaign Finance Info – Dos and Don’ts for Town Officials and Staff”, Small Town Administrators (STAM) Fall Conference, October 2023
• Panelist, “Charters: Adoption and Amendment”, Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association Annual Fall Meeting, October 2023
• “Overview of Current Trends Open Meeting and Public Records Law”, Massachusetts Municipal Association, June 2023
• ‘Top 5 Municipal Law Questions”, Massachusetts Mayors Association Conference, February 2023
• “An Overview: Town Meeting and the Votes Act”, Massachusetts City and Town Clerk Association Annual Conference, February 2023
• Panelist “Transitioning Into Election Reform”, New England Association of City and Town Clerk, November 16, 2022
• “Virtual, Hybrid, and In-Person Public Meetings”, Massachusetts Select Board Association, January 28, 2022

• Author, “Municipal Election Administration and Campaign Finance,” Massachusetts Municipal Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2002, republished most recently in 2023
• Author, “Insurance Coverage for Municipalities,” Massachusetts Municipal Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2002, republished most recently in 2023
• Co-Editor, Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2000, republished most recently in 2023
• Author, “Voter Registration,” Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2000, , republished most recently in 2023
• Author, “Nominations, Caucuses and Primaries,” Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 200, republished most recently in 2023
• Author, “Election Day Administration,” Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2000
• Author, “Related Federal Laws,” Massachusetts Election Administration, Campaign Finance and Lobbying Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, first published in 2000, republished most recently in 2023