David Goshien began his legal career as an attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was briefly a professor at Oklahoma University before teaching tax law and contracts at Cleveland-Marshall from 1968-2008. He frequently served as a government consultant with agencies including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). He made many contributions to Cleveland-Marshall, including the establishment of the Cleveland-Marshall Fund Enrichment Program, also known as the Visiting Scholar Program. Under his direction, the program attracted over 70 accomplished scholars to the law school.