Harold K. Gordon
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.212.326.3740
(F) +1.212.755.7306

Education

  • New York University (LL.M. in Corporation Law 1994); Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D. cum laude 1988; Order of the Barristers; Teams Editor, Moot Court Board); Syracuse University (A.B. 1985)

Bar Admissions

  • New York, Connecticut, and Florida

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Judge Lowell A. Reed Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1991 and 1992 terms)

Government Service

  • Branch Chief (1991) and Staff Attorney (1988-1990), Division of Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Regional Office

Harold Gordon has served as lead trial counsel in multiple jury trials, arbitrations, and evidentiary hearings and as industry liaison counsel in class action litigation. He also frequently represents companies and individuals in SEC and internal board committee investigations and enforcement proceedings. Harold has represented clients in securities, corporate, commercial, and products liability matters in New York and other jurisdictions across the country.

Harold's recent representations include the sellers of an aviation facility in a multimillion dollar arbitration, Brown & Williamson Holdings in a multiweek jury trial culminating in a directed verdict on behalf of Brown & Williamson, and the CEO of a telecommunications company in litigation pursued by the New York Attorney General's Office. He also has recently represented a public technology company, public insurance company, and a chief financial officer in separate SEC investigations.

Harold is a member of the ABA, NY Bar Association, the City Bar, and the Association of SEC Alumni. He also is a member of the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court Program. In addition, he is a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the NYU Journal of Law & Business and an Advisory Fellow for The Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at the Cardozo Law School. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Cardozo Law School Alumni Association.


Honors & Distinctions

  • Selected as a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers magazine in the category of business litigation

    "Career Development" columnist for the New York Law Journal for 2004 and 2005
Harold Gordon