By Kat Bryant
Grays Harbor News Group
Aberdeen native Carrie Goldberg is coming home Sunday to discuss her new book, “Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, & Trolls.”
Her parents, Larry and Jane Goldberg, still live on the Harbor. Their family owned and operated the Goldberg’s Furniture store downtown from 1926 until 2001, and Jane has served for many years as PR director of GHC.
Carrie, a 1995 graduate of Aberdeen High School, heads a law firm in Brooklyn, New York, representing victims of online harassment, revenge porn and sexual assault. The book was released last month.
It’s a very personal issue for her, as she had to deal with a “campaign of harassment” in 2013 by an ex-boyfriend who threatened to ruin her life and her law career. At that time, she had difficulty finding counsel.
“When I finally got to the other side of my crisis, I decided to become the lawyer I needed. So I started the law firm,” said Goldberg. “I figured other people also were dealing with psycho exes. And I was right.”
Her firm, C.A. Goldberg PLLC, has helped clients get restraining orders, remove compromising photos from websites and recover millions in damages. Just last month, Goldberg herself petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case Herrick v. Grindr, which demands that individuals have the right to sue tech companies for harms that occur on their platforms.
She said her book “is about the fact that we are all a moment away from crossing paths with somebody hell-bent on destroying our life. And with the internet so available as a weapon, it’s never been easier for offenders.
“After a break-up is the most dangerous time for a victim of intimate partner violence,” she added. “I want to help people recognize the signs to look for.”
On Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m., she will appear at the Bishop Center on the Grays Harbor College campus. She’ll have an onstage conversation with University of Washington School of Law professor Ryan Calo, an expert in cyber law. She then will engage in a Q&A with the audience.
The event is free and open to the public; there will be no advance ticket sales. The doors will open at 1:15.
As they enter the Bishop Center, attendees will be offered cards to write down questions they’d like Goldberg to answer during the event. Those questions will be collected and moderated by Calo toward the end of the session onstage.
Afterward, starting at 5, Grays Harbor Wine Sellars will host a meet-and-greet with Goldberg, who will be selling and signing copies of her book.
“I am very proud of her for doing so well and for taking on scumbags the way she does,” said Karen Rowe, who co-owns the downtown wine shop with her husband, Ryan. “Nothing stops her, and that’s so awesome.”
