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[[Image:Goldberg.jpg|thumb|300px|Goldberg, Ligner & Schyster's office at [[The Exchange]] in [[Algonquin]], GTA IV.]]

 

Co-founded by [[Tom Goldberg]] and [[Patrick Ligner]], Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster centers its operation around legal actions against what it describes as "corruption and vice in the highest echelons of society", having, among other, participated in litigation involving [[Betta Pharmaceuticals]] (2001), [[Pirate Music]] (2004), and [[Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts]] (2006); its high profile nature makes it well known among the legal circle, as well as various high ranking individuals, companies and organizations. The firm also touts itself as choosing not to demand legal fees for its services if it is "''pro bono publico''" (for the public good). By events in GTA IV, the firm has three partners: the aforementioned Tom Goldberg and Patrick Ligner, and [[Dick Shyster]]. The firm also has a website: [[www.goldberglignerandshyster.com]].

 

 

[[Francis McReary]], a corrupted LCPD police officer, had been uneasy by the possibility of GLS acting against him. In response, he instructs [[Niko Bellic]] to [[Final Interview|infiltrate the firm by masquerade as a job applicant, retrieve evidence that incriminates McReary, and kill Goldberg]]. Following Goldberg's death, Shyster is mentioned to have taken over many of Goldberg's cases.

 

[[Kiki Jenkins]], one of Niko's [[Internet in GTA IV|internet]] [[girlfriends in GTA IV]], and [[Dave Grossman]], a friend of [[Billy Grey]] in [[The Lost and Damned]], are also known to work for the firm.

 

== Offices of Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster ==

Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster bases its operation at the ground level of "44 Amethyst Street" at [[The Exchange]] in [[Algonquin]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]]. Its office boasts an interior that features a sleek three-storey lobby, as well as three office rooms; two are supposedly utilized by Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster's employees, while one is used by Tom Goldberg himself during "[[Final Interview]]".

 

The player can in fact access the lobby area at any point of the game. The lobby can be entered via two entrances: The main entrance, as implied by its address, at the Amethyst Street-Bismarck Avenue that connects to the upper lobby, and a secondary entrance in front of the South Parkway (and a [[Castle Gardens LTA|Castle Gardens station]] entrance) that grants access to the lowest portion of the lobby. The office areas, which also houses two elevators access points, are only accessible during "Final Interview".

* In "[[Wrong is Right]]", the player will have access to [[Oleg Minkov]]'s laptop, which contains an e-mail from '''[email protected]''' that suggests that the GLS, or at least "Ligner", is involved with the [[United Liberty Paper Company]]. Interestingly, the sender's name is not Patrick Ligner, but another name. This may suggest he uses a fake name, another person involved had access to Ligner's account, or that it may had been Ligner's earlier given name during development of GTA IV.

* Strangely, even after Goldberg is killed, the website still shows his name and photo and makes no mention of his death.

* The interior of GLS features a row of three portraits that supposedly depict the firms' three partners. Although the portraits of Ligner and Shyster are identical to those from GLS' official website, the Goldberg's potrayal is completely different, appearing to be chubbier, balding and wearing a Jewish ''[[wp:kippah|hech cap]]''. The three character models on the portraits are in fact derived from regular pedestrian models of businessmen in the game, and implies the developer had intended to use the "Jewish businessman" model for Goldberg during development, but did not update his portrait after he was redesigned.