Harold K. Gordon

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.