Goldberg was born on September 23, 1927, in
Fargo, North Dakota. He received a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1950 from the
University of Miami. He received a
Juris Doctor in 1952 from the
University of Miami School of Law and worked in private practice in Fargo from 1953 to 1954. Before 1953 he worked at Goldena Mills in West Fargo. He served in the
United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1954 to 1956 and as a
United States Air Force Reserve Captain from 1956 to 1957. He worked in private practice in
Washington, D.C., from 1956 to 1957. He served as an attorney and advisor in the Office of Opinion and Review for the
Federal Communications Commission from 1957 to 1958. He served as in-house counsel to the Goldberg Feed & Grain Company in
West Fargo from 1959 to 1983. He served as President and CEO of the Goldberg Feed & Grain Company from 1969 to 1983. He served as a member of the
North Dakota State Senate from 1966 to 1974. He was Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs at the
United States Department of Agriculture from 1983 to 1989. He worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1989 to 1991. ==Trade Court service==