"Top" Travel Agent has History of Ethical Violations as Lawyer
A travel agent in New Jersey who claims he’s a “top seller” for Seabourn Cruise Line and an experienced “maritime lawyer” has been “aiming” for me in his last several blogs.
Eric Goldring of the Goldring Goldring law firm and the Goldring travel agency has been obsessed about me lately. He’s recently written three articles claiming that I have filed “frivolous” lawsuits against cruise lines (he identifies none) and that I don’t tell the public about the cases that I have allegedly “lost in court.” (I have responded to these bogus charges here). At the same time, Goldring writes that he has “such a good reputation with (his) clients and the cruise lines!” He concludes: “I am, to self-promote, a knowledgeable, honest and fair travel agent.”
Now, I have had a strong suspicion, given Mr. Goldring’s bizarre and maniacal stories, that his description about himself is entirely questionable.
One of my colleagues and friends emailed me and said to check on Goldring’s background because something was suspicious about this strange travel agent / lawyer.
So I spent a few minutes (literally a few minutes) and checked up on Mr. Goldring.
The first internet search said “this lawyer has been disciplined by a state licensing authority.” The website explained that Goldring was actually sanctioned by two states. He was first “reprimanded” by the ethics department of the New Jersey Bar Association and later “admonished” by the ethics department of the Florida Bar.
The next search result turned up a website called “No Ethics” operated by the Committee to Expose Dishonest and Incompetent Judges, Attorneys and Public Officials. It summarized a disciplinary complaint and order of sanctions against Mr. Goldring by the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics which found him guilty of ethical charges. According to the website, the investigation by the ethics committee concluded that Mr. Goldring:
- Violated (a) court order to discontinue written ex parte communications;
- Falsely accused the trial judge of being biased;
- Engaged in highly disrespectful conduct toward a trial judge;
- Engaged in conduct meant to intimidate a court; and
- Engaged in contemptuous conduct toward one or more courts.
This site states that this was not Mr. Goldring’s first ethical violation. It refers to him as a “repeat offender” and states that he reportedly failed to inform a judge that he had been disqualified in a case because of a “serious conflict of interest.” He reportedly was found guilty of deceiving the trial judge. The site reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court punished him with a second reprimand.
The third search revealed that the Florida Bar also filed an ethics complaint against Mr. Goldring arising out of his conduct in New Jersey and further found, as an aggravating factor, that he “refused to acknowledge wrongful conduct.” He was admonished and required to pay the administrative costs.
Okay, now I think I get it. My friend was right. This guy appears to be a loser, sanctioned by ethics referees in both Florida and New Jersey. Is there a reason why he seems to spend most of his time hawking cruise tickets than representing clients in court?
Now I don’t think that revealing his disciplinary records is going to slow someone as reckless as Goldring down. The cheerleaders at Travel Weekly must love someone like him promoting the cruise industry even if he spreads a falsehood or two. I’m also sure that he’s foolish enough to write another insane article, at least until another state bar association reprimands him again for unethical conduct. Maybe then he can concentrate on being a full time CLIA travel agent.
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Photo Credit: Travel Weekly – Goldring attending Travel Weekly function.
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