Doris Sussman Goldstein is a lawyer primarily representing developers of new urban communities, beginning in 1986 with Seaside.

Ms. Goldstein is the co-author, with Dan Slone, of a book, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects.

She has lectured at seminars presented by the American Bar Association, Urban Land Institute, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the Seaside Institute, Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, and the University of Miami School of Law Continuing Legal Education. Her article on New Urbanism: Planning and Structure of the Traditional Neighborhood Development, was published in the ABA's Probate & Property magazine and won that magazine's 2003 Excellence in Writing Award for best cutting edge article. She has also written articles for New Urban News and New Urban Living.

As a volunteer, Ms. Goldstein participated in the Technical Review Panel for the North St. Lucie County Master Plan and assisted in the drafting of a Traditional Neighborhood Development ordinance for her own community of Jacksonville, Florida. She is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the Florida Advisory Council of the Trust for Public Land, and the Florida Bar's Committee on Condominiums and Planned Developments.

Ms. Goldstein graduated with high honors from the University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communication, in 1975 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1982. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1982 and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.