Gayle held her father, Earl J. Goldsmith, Jr. in high esteem (University of Cincinnati, College of Law 1950 and AV-rated through Martindale-Hubbell*) and was honored to work with him from the time she was in high school, was sworn into the practice of law in Ohio (1989), and until his death in 2002. Gayle always thought she would work in the field of environmental law, however, while her father was alive, she worked with him handling criminal and civil litigation, domestic relations, real estate law, estate planning/estate administration and was appointed as an Arbiter and Chair of Arbitration Panels for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. She was a strong environmental advocate on the side.

Highlights of Her Early Career:

Received her Juris Doctorate (Toledo University, Toledo, Ohio) in 1989. She was admitted to the Ohio Bar and the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
1990, Gayle and Earl represented a family whose son was killed in a horrendous car crash where they won a judgment in excess of $1 Million.
In the early 1990s, Gayle was nominated, and appointed by the City Manager to the City of Cincinnati Environmental Advisory Council.
In the mid-1990s, the City of Cincinnati formed the City of Cincinnati Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BIKE/PAC) and asked Gayle to chair the new committee. Under Gayle’s chair of the committee, the City of Cincinnati became known as a “Bicycle Friendly City”.
A client (who was also a long-time friend since childhood) was killed when a tractor-trailer ran a red light. He was in ICU for a week before he died. It was a devastating crash for him and all who knew him (his family and his friends). After filing a wrongful death lawsuit, the defendant settled the case for the policy limits of $1,000,000.

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