Harold Gordon has more than 30 years of experience successfully defending clients in multiple federal and state court jury trials, including groundbreaking trials in New York and other jurisdictions. He also has defended clients in SEC, state attorney general and internal board committee investigations, and enforcement proceedings and in high-stakes financial services and securities litigation matters. He is a member of the Firm's Training Committee.
Harold's recent representations include federal and state court financial products cases for Wells Fargo, a successful Southern District of New York trial for Monster Worldwide, a New York state court injunction proceeding for Verizon Communications, a multiweek jury trial for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company resulting in a complete defense verdict, and the Audit Committee of a Nasdaq company in internal and SEC investigations. He also has represented senior executives before the New York Attorney General's Office. Prior to joining Jones Day, Harold served as a branch chief in the SEC's Enforcement Division and as a law clerk for a federal district court judge.
Harold is the pro bono partner for the New York Office. He has served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching pretrial practice, and a faculty member of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at Cardozo Law School. He is a Master in the Federal Bar Council's (FBC) Inn of Court program, a member of the FBC's Programs Committee and the Federal Bar Foundation's board of directors, a former FBC board member, an Advisory Fellow for The Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at Cardozo, a member of Cardozo's Board of Overseers, and a member of the Association of SEC Alumni.
Experience
Additional Publications
- October 2020
Deceptive and Misleading Business Practices (focusing on New York's consumer protection provisions, GBL 349 and 350), Chapter 127 in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Robert L. Haig's treatise), Fifth Edition
Additional Speaking Engagements
- June 14, 2018
Blockchain and the Law: Towards a Responsible Blockchain Sector - June 7, 2018
Federal Bar Council Presents "Ethics For Social Media" - May 3, 2018
New York State Bar Association Trial Practice Webinar Series - February 1, 2018
New York Attorney General and New York Department of Financial Services 101: What You May Want To Know, But Were Afraid To Ask - December 13, 2017
PLI's NY Attorney General and NY Department of Financial Services: Statutory Authority and Recent Initiatives Impacting the Financial Services Industry - December 7, 2017
Spoofing and Manipulation: A Primer for Healthy Trading Practices - October 27, 2016
Trends in New York Attorney General Enforcement: Important Developments for All Corporate and White Collar Attorneys - October 19, 2016
PLI's FIRREA: How the Government is Using the Act to Investigate and Prosecute Financial Institutions for Fraud - June 29, 2016
New York's Martin Act and the Impact on Your Business, Mortgage Bankers Association Webinar - July 18, 2013
The New York State Department Of Financial Services: How and Why Banks and Other Public and Private Financial Institutions Must Keep Close Tabs on this New Aggressive Regulator, West LegalEdcenter - April 26, 2012
PLI’s Handling a Securities Case 2012: From Investigation to Trial and Everything in Between - August 12, 2008
The SEC's Reaction to the Credit Crisis: Overview and Analysis, West Legalwork - July 24, 2008
The SEC's Pursuit of Secondary Actions After Stoneridge, West Legalwork - April 30, 2007
Working with that Private Eye: How Investigators Assist Attorneys Across Practices and the Boundaries of Permissible Investigative Conduct, Cardozo School of Law sponsored Ethics CLE Program - October 5, 2006
Conducting Forensic Investigations - Detecting, Responding to and Preventing Financial Fraud, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP sponsored conference - July 15, 2003
Mass Torts for Wall Street, LEXIS/NEXIS sponsored conference
In-house presentations to broker-dealer sales and training personnel on various legal and compliance issues
Various in-house CLE presentations covering deposition and motion practice, demonstrative trial exhibits, and other litigation practice topics
- 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)
- New York, Connecticut, and Florida
- Branch Chief (1991) and Staff Attorney (1988-1990), Division of Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Regional Office
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Courtroom View Network's (CVN) first "Defense Attorney of the Year" for being undefeated during the year in three critical jury trials
Selected for Lawdragon's inaugural 500 Leading Litigators in America list
Selected as a "Super Lawyer" in business litigation by Super Lawyers magazine
"Career Development" columnist for the New York Law Journal (2004 and 2005)
- Law Clerk to Judge Lowell A. Reed Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1991 and 1992 terms)