About

Once ‘an amazingly valued and well thought of partner’ in private practice days, Bernel Goldberg has dedicated the past six years to working in the not-for-profit sector. Initially at Northwest Centre – one of the region’s largest charitable organizations – Goldberg is the first general counsel of two of Seattle’s largest cultural institutions. ‘It’s an awesome responsibility,’ he says. ‘I get to work with some brilliant people in the not-for-profit world.’ Goldberg has also set up an internship program with Washington University, enabling students to shadow him in both roles. ‘I get this wonderful opportunity to see these students blossom, as I open up this world of practicing outside law firms’. The greatest challenge he faces, is getting everything done. ‘We do it. Our practice is often quite intense, but we get to enjoy the fruits of our labors – strolling through a gallery and pondering a new art exhibition we helped to bring to the community, or listening to a concert in one of the most beautiful halls in the world’.