Diane Goodstein
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1955 (age 69–70)
Diane Goodstein | |
|---|---|
| Judge for South Carolina 1st Judicial Circuit | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| District Attorney for Dorchester County, South Carolina | |
| In office 1986–1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Diane Shafer Goodstein 1955 (age 69–70) Dillon, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse | Arnold Goodstein |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | |
Diane Goodstein (born 1955) is a judge at the South Carolina Circuit Court. She is married to fellow lawyer Arnold Goodstein who is a veteran and served in the state legislature. He is a Democrat.
The Trump administration had been publicly critical of Judge Goodstein who in September 2025 temporarily blocked South Carolina's election commission from releasing its voter files to the Department of Justice for its election integrity investigations. She was later unanimously overruled by the South Carolina Supreme Court as the justices determined her order was "clearly erroneous".[1][2]
Diane Schafer was born in July 1955 in Dillon, South Carolina. She is the daughter of Joseph M. Schafer and Helen Schafer Mast. Her uncle was Alan Schafer, a prominent Jewish-American businessman who founded the South of the Border roadside attraction near Dillon, South Carolina, where she was born.[3]
She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978 and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981.[4]
