| Joanne Goldstein | |
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| Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Suzanne M. Bump |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Hofstra University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Joanne Feinberg Goldstein is an American labor attorney and the current Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Hofstra University School of Law, Goldstein began her legal career practing union side labor law with Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle and Wagner in Boston. She was the first woman to practice union-side labor law in Massachusetts.[1][2][3] She opened her own practice in 1982 and in 1996 she was named General Counsel for the Utility Workers Union of America. In 2007, she was appointed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley as Chief of the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division.[1] In January 2010, she was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to succede Suzanne M. Bump as Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.[2]
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