Yoine Goldstein

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Yoine J. Goldstein, LLD (born May 11, 1934) is a Canadian Jewish lawyer, academic, and Senator.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, his education includes a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in 1953, a Bachelor of Civil Law (with honours) from McGill University in 1958, and a Doctor of Laws from the Université de Lyon in 1960. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1961. He specializes in insolvency, bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Prior to becoming a senator, he was a senior and managing partner of the Montreal law firm, Goldstein, Flanz & Fishman. He is currently with McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP in Montreal as Senior Counsel.

From 1973 until 1997, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Bankruptcy. In 1992, he received the Lord Reading Law Society Human Rights Award in 1992 and the Lord Reading Law Society Service Award in 1998.

Active in Montreal's Jewish community, he was president of FEDERATION CJA (the central funding, planning, and coordinating body of services for the nearly 93,000 Jews in Montreal) from 1995 to 1997. He is also a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Concordia University Chair of Canadian Jewish Studies.

On August 29, 2005, he was summoned to the Senate on the advice of Paul Martin. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.

He is married to Elaine and has two children.