Norman Goldman
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Norman Maurice Goldman is a Los Angeles
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-based attorney
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 and hosts a popular national talk radio
Talk radio
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 program.

Goldman first broadcast nationally as a fill-in host for The Ed Schultz Show
The Ed Schultz Show
The Ed Schultz Show is a radio program hosted by Ed Schultz. It was formerly broadcast from KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota. It is heard on a network of over 100 stations , including seven of the 10 largest radio markets...

in 2006, as well as creating colorful segments as the show's Senior Legal Analyst, —responsibilities that he continues to this day.

In September 2009, Goldman began webcasting his own daily program. In late October Compass Media Networks
Compass Media Networks
Compass Media Networks is an American radio network.The company launched in January 2009. It is owned by former Westwood One CEO and former COO of Connoisseur Media, Peter Kosann...

announced Goldman would be in broadcast syndication on the nationwide radio network weekdays 6-9 PM, Eastern time.

Early years

Born in New York City
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, Goldman was orphaned at age eleven, resulting in his remaining childhood being based from New York orphanages. He graduated from high school in 1976 at age seventeen.

Higher education

Goldman graduated from Hunter College
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 of The City University of New York with a B.A. degree in political science
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. He then attended and graduated from law school on a full scholarship at Loyola Law School
Loyola Law School
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 of Los Angeles. He passed the California Bar Exam at age 26.

Krumme vs. Mercury lawsuit

Goldman was the plaintiff's
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 attorney in Krumme vs. Mercury, a 2002 lawsuit in California. Both the trial court and the California Court of Appeal found for the plaintiffs that the insurance companies were mislabelling agents as independent brokers. The court upheld damages and attorney's fees. An insurance industry journal has described the case as "infamous".

The Norman Goldman Show

He hosted his own weekend talk show on KLSX
KLSX
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 (97.1) in Los Angeles in 2004 before being asked to provide legal opinions for national talk show host Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...

. In the late summer of 2009, Goldman began broadcasting his own weekday program via internet broadcasting and podcast
Podcast
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. The Norman Goldman Show is live from 3-6 PM Pacific time. Goldman picked up several stations after Air America
Air America
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's 2010 demise, as Ron Reagan
Ron Reagan
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 opted not to continue his 3-6PM PT show after the network's closing. Based in Los Angeles, Goldman’s national radio program is distributed by Compass Media Networks and currently heard daily in LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Portland, Albuquerque, Madison, Ashville, and most recently was added full time in Minneapolis as well as live on line at IHeart Radio, ITunes, AOL Radio, Stitcher, and Radio Time and www.normangoldman.com. Norman is a current contributor to The Huffington Post.

The program's motto is "Where justice is served".

Recently Goldman created the "four point plan to save America", after chastising politicians such as President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 for betraying their campaign promises. It includes power-transparency; "a WikiLeaks for radio", and a grassroots quarterback for the coordinating/funding of the progressive message and viewpoint.

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