C.A. Goldberg

What C.A. Goldberg does

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is a Brooklyn-based national litigation law firm founded in 2014 by Carrie Goldberg, Esq., operating as a Professional Limited Liability Company registered in New York. The firm is the first in the United States dedicated to representing victims of tech-facilitated violence, image-based sexual abuse, sexual assault, stalking, defamation, and discrimination. Its six core practice areas are Big Tech and Social Media Injuries (product liability litigation against platforms including Amazon, Snap, Meta, Grindr, Uber, and Match Group apps), Victims' Rights (blackmail, extortion, sextortion, revenge porn, deepfakes, intimate partner violence), Defamation Defense, Abortion Provider Rights, Title IX, and Employment Discrimination and Harassment. The firm pioneered the application of product liability theory to online platforms in 2017, led the legal push for state and federal laws on sextortion, deepfakes, nonconsensual pornography, and rape statute-of-limitations expansion, and has secured landmark outcomes including a $6M judgment against Meta and YouTube, a 9-0 Washington Supreme Court decision, and the permanent shutdown of Omegle.com as a settlement term.

The firm's revenue model is professional services: most clients are billed at hourly rates with retainer requirements across most practice areas, supplemented by a $275 case evaluation deposit (credited toward services upon retention) and case-by-case contingency arrangements. Go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer intake (online contact form, phone line) with community-led demand generation through university speaking engagements, podcast appearances, an extensive blog and resource library, and earned media. Clients are predominantly individual consumer victims, with notable group plaintiff matters including 26 families against Amazon and 90+ families against Snap. The firm is headquartered at 16 Court Street, Brooklyn, with attorneys licensed in New York, New Jersey, California, and Connecticut, and works with local counsel to represent clients nationwide. It employs 11-50 people, is founder-owned, and has no disclosed external funding or institutional ownership.

Name

C.A. Goldberg

Legal name

C. A. Goldberg, PLLC

Website

https://cagoldberglaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is a Brooklyn-based national litigation law firm representing victims of tech-facilitated violence, image-based sexual abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and defamation against big tech platforms and individual perpetrators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Victims' Rights Civil Litigation

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Rights, Privacy & Free Expression Advocacy (BPAGAFAL), Privacy Management (Consent, DSAR, RoPA) (HDADAFAH)

Keywords

• Victims rights law
• Sexual assault litigation
• Image-based abuse law
• Title IX representation
• Product liability litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hourly Legal Fees: Most clients hire at an hourly rate. Retainer payment required for many case types including order of protection, harassment, nonconsensual pornography, unlawful surveillance and defamation.
2. Case Evaluation Fee: $275 deposit required for case evaluation, which signals client seriousness. Deposit is credited toward legal services after retention.
3. Contingency Arrangements: Contingency fee arrangements offered on a case-by-case basis. Firm helps clients find funding options including loans and crowdsourcing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is a national litigation law firm providing legal representation to victims of tech-facilitated violence, sexual assault, image-based sexual abuse (revenge porn and deepfakes), stalking, harassment, extortion, and defamation. The firm pursues product liability lawsuits against online platforms and direct-action claims against individual predators across six practice areas, including Big Tech & Social Media Injuries, Victims' Rights, Title IX, Defamation Defense, Abortion Provider Rights, and Employment Discrimination.

Product overview

C.A. Goldberg, PLLC is a national litigation law firm offering legal services for victims of tech-facilitated violence, privacy violations, and abuse. The firm's core offerings consist of six practice areas: Big Tech & Social Media Injuries (product liability cases against Amazon, Snap, Meta, etc.), Victims' Rights (sexual assault, stalking, revenge porn, deepfakes, sextortion), Defamation Defense, Abortion Provider Rights, Title IX, and Employment Discrimination. The firm provides free educational resources including incident tracking charts, guides for stalking/blackmail/sextortion victims, data opt-out guides, and comprehensive information on the TAKE IT DOWN Act and image abuse reporting. Additional offerings include published works and a book by founder Carrie Goldberg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Big Tech & Social Media Injuries Legal Services Legal representation for victims and their families catastrophically injured by online platforms, including product liability lawsuits against Amazon, Snap, Meta, Grindr, Uber, Match Group/Hinge/Tinder, Omegle, and GirlsDoPorn. Includes wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury claims.
• Victims' Rights Legal Services Legal representation for survivors of blackmail, extortion, and sextortion; sexual assault; stalking and harassment; revenge porn and image-based threats; deepfakes and AI abuse; and intimate partner violence. Includes pre-publication risk assessments, cease and desist letters, settlement negotiation, and civil litigation.
• Defamation Defense Legal Services Legal defense for survivors of abuse who spoke out and were sued for defamation by powerful predators and abusers, including anti-SLAPP defense and counterclaims.
• Abortion Provider Rights Legal Services Legal defense and protection of abortion providers facing harassment and threats for performing their jobs.
• Title IX Legal Services Legal representation for students in K-12 and higher education who have experienced sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and discrimination at school.
• Employment Discrimination & Harassment Legal Services Legal representation for employees who have experienced stalking, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation on the job.

Quantifiable outcome

• $6 million judgment against Meta and YouTube in landmark social media trial
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• East Stroudsburg UniversityminorOthers · 1 April 2018C.A. Goldberg attorney participated in panel about campus sexual assault during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, supporting 'What Were You Wearing?' Survivor Art Installation.
• Stevens Institute of TechnologyminorOthers · 1 April 2017C.A. Goldberg attorneys conducted campus presentations on internet safety, sexual assault awareness, and self-defense strategies for students. Multiple Greek organizations (Sigma Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Sigma) participated in educational sessions.
• University of RichmondminorOthers · 1 April 2017Carrie Goldberg conducted campus presentation helping students understand complexities of nonconsensual pornography and battle to protect victims' privacy rights.
• University of South Carolina School of LawminorOthers · 1 February 2017Attorney Adam Massey presented at the law school's series on topics related to campus sexual assault and victim advocacy.
• Fortalice Solutions, LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTheresa Payton, CEO/Co-Founder (Former White House Chief Information Officer) provides endorsements and collaborative relationship. States C.A. Goldberg is the firm to engage for cybersecurity and privacy legal issues.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Edelson PC: Plaintiff-side tech accountability and privacy firm that has litigated major cases against Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Grindr on product-liability and consumer-protection theories. Most direct comparable to C.A. Goldberg's Big Tech & Social Media Injuries practice.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiffs' firm with deep mass-tort and class-action experience against tech and consumer-product defendants. Comparable as a coordinated-leadership firm pursuing platform and consumer harm cases at scale.
• Romanucci & Blandin: Chicago-based personal injury and mass-tort firm with active practice against social media and tech platforms for harms to minors and vulnerable users. Overlaps with C.A. Goldberg's catastrophic-injury, platform-liability positioning.
• Kaplan Hecker & Fink: Civil rights and impact-litigation boutique handling high-profile #MeToo, discrimination, and online-abuse matters. Comparable on mission, victim-side representation, and high-stakes trial posture.
• Public Justice: National impact-litigation organization pursuing precedent-setting cases against corporations, including on technology harms and civil rights. Comparable as a plaintiff-side mission-driven firm seeking systemic accountability.
• Gibbs Law Group: Plaintiffs' mass-tort and consumer-protection firm with active cases against social media and Big Tech platforms. Comparable on coordinated mass actions and tech-defendant focus.

Broad incumbents

• Davis Wright Tremaine: Full-service firm with leading First Amendment, media, defamation, and privacy practices. Comparable on defamation-defense and online speech work but serves a broader corporate and individual client base across many practice areas.

Emerging players

• Clarkson Law Firm: Plaintiff-side consumer protection and privacy boutique pursuing class actions against tech and social media platforms. Comparable on targeting tech defendants but focused more on privacy/data class actions than individual victim advocacy.

Others

• Cyber Civil Rights Initiative: Nonprofit advocacy organization focused on image-based sexual abuse, revenge porn, and online harassment — closely aligned mission with C.A. Goldberg's Victims' Rights practice, often a referral source.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Digital rights and privacy advocacy nonprofit that litigates and shapes policy on online harms. Overlaps with C.A. Goldberg on digital rights and platform accountability but functions as a non-profit rather than a paying law firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@c.a.goldbergpllc1811
• Facebookfacebook.com/cagoldberglaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c-a-goldberg-pllc
• Instagraminstagram.com/cagoldberglaw

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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