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Cleanup. Also, Thompson never said the "guns don't kill people" line.
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[[Image:Tom Goldberg.png|thumb|Tom Goldberg]]
[[Image:Tom Goldberg.png|thumb|Tom Goldberg]]


'''Tom Goldberg''' is a lawyer at [[Goldberg, Ligner and Shyster]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. He is only featured in the mission [[Final Interview]] where [[Niko Bellic]] is sent by [[Francis McReary]] to kill him and take a document back to Francis.
'''Tom Goldberg''' is a lawyer at [[Goldberg, Ligner and Shyster]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. He is only featured in the mission [[Final Interview]] where [[Niko Bellic]] is sent by [[Francis McReary]] to kill Goldberg and retrieve a document.


According to his law firm's [[goldberglignerandshyster.com|website]], Goldberg is credited for his work on human rights and charity works. He is considered a success within the legal industry. He is often the legal expert on [[Weazel News]] and quote in the [[Daily Globe]] on several occasions. When not working on his cases, he spends his time teaching disadvantaged young boys to swim.
According to his law firm's [[goldberglignerandshyster.com|website]], Goldberg is credited for his work on human rights and charity works. He is considered a success within the legal industry. He is often the legal expert on [[Weazel News]] and is quoted several times in the [[Daily Globe]]. According to his secretary, when not working on his cases, he spends his time teaching disadvantaged young boys to swim.


It is speculated that he is based on lawyer [[Jack Thompson]] who is a critic of the [[GTA|Grand Theft Auto series]]. The reason that this is speculated is because during the mission ''Final Interview'', if Niko pulls out a gun in front of Goldberg, he will say Thompson's famous quote: "Guns don't kill people, video games do!".
Tom Goldberg is the second lawyer named "Goldberg" in the GTA series, after GTA III's [[Maurice Goldberg]] (lawyer to [[Salvatore Leone]]).  These characters, however, appear in different continuities.
 
Goldberg also shares the name of [[Salvatore Leone|Salvatore Leone's]] lawyer in [[2001]], [[Maurice Goldberg]]. However, there is unlikely to be any relation due to the two characters appearing in two different eras.
 
If you look at tom goldbergs picture you can see that he bears an uncanny resemblance to veteran actor Robert De Niro because they both have the mole above the right cheek. Also they share similar facial features.
 
Isn't that weird?


When Niko threatens Tom Goldberg, Goldberg says, "Guns don't kill people, videogames do!", a line frequently, but falsely, attributed to real-life lawyer Jack Thompson, known for his antipathy towards violent videogames.


Tom Goldberg vaguely resembles actor Robert Deniro; note in particular the mole under his right eye.


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