August Eden Golden

I am a passionate employment law attorney, solely representing individuals. 

I graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law in 2025, where I served as the law school’s first openly transgender Student Bar Association president and co-founded the first transgender law student group in the country, Advocates for Trans* Law Students (ATLS). I was named one of the National Jurist’s top law students of the year in 2025. At Fordham, I was a Stein Scholar in Public Interest Law and Ethics and a Crowley Scholar in International Human Rights, two of the most prestigious and competitive programs at the law school.

I have amassed thousands of hours of pro bono and other volunteer experience in a variety of legal areas, ranging from community name change clinics to advising foreign governments on policies to prevent traffic fatalities. A strong voice for equity, inclusion, and uplifting marginalized voices everywhere, I also served on both the Dean’s Advisory Council on Diversity, which is specific to the law school, and the President’s Advisory Council, which represents the entire university of approximately 17,000 students. Outside of Fordham, I served on the National LGBTQ Bar Association’s Law Student Congress from 2023-25, becoming its Chair after serving as a Member At Large.

I am an alumnus of Hamilton College. Prior to law school, I was a Pellegri Fellow at the University of Maryland College Park, where I researched the intersection of privacy and class privilege in ancient Rome. Following my Fellowship, I began working as a family law paralegal in northern Virginia prior to moving to New York City in 2021. I have worked with Andrew at Golden Law since 2020, starting as a legal assistant/intern, and am excited to join the firm full-time as an Associate. I am licensed to practice throughout the State of Connecticut and State of New York.

In the community, I have organized and produced numerous fundraisers benefitting a variety of causes, including access to gender-affirming care, immigration defense, and community mutual aid. He currently lives in Toronto with his husband, Theo, and their dog Stevie and cats Laszlo and Juno.