Sarah Goldfinger was a television writer/producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

 for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, for Brothers and Sisters and for the new Hawaii Five-0.

Education

She graduated from Hampshire College

Hampshire College

Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1965 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts...

 with a BA

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in creative writing

Creative writing

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...

 and literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

.

CSI writing credits

• "Lab Rats"
• "Got Murder?"
• "Forever"
• "Homebodies"
• "Coming of Rage"
• "Bad Words"
• "Bloodlines"
• "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"
• "Nesting Dolls"
• "4x4"
• "Hollywood Brass"
• "Committed"
• "Gum Drops"
• "Daddy's Little Girl" (story) (teleplay)
• "Rashomama"
• "Built To Kill, Part 1"
• "Built To Kill, Part 2"
• "Happenstance"
• "Deep Fried and Minty Fresh"

Lawsuit

Goldfinger, along with CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 and CSI's producers, were sued for defamation and invasion of privacy

Privacy law

Privacy law refers to the laws which deal with the regulation of personal information about individuals which can be collected by governments and other public as well as private organizations and its storage and use....

by a Los Angeles couple who alleged that two characters from the 9th season episode Deep Fried and Minty Fresh were based on them.

The couple, Melinda & Scott Tamkin, were the realtors representing the owners of a house Goldfinger had been looking to buy. While the deal was never consummated, there were no apparent hard feelings on either side.

However, the lawsuit alleges that not only did the characters from the episode share the first names of the couple, but that an early draft stated the last name of the characters as being Tamkin as well. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims Goldfinger assisted in casting actors who bore a resemblance to the Tamkins.

In March, 2011, the case was dismissed by the California Court of Appeals.

External links

• http://www.forrestresearch.com
• CSI Files - Fansite interview with Sarah Goldfinger
• Article about Sarah Goldfinger