Harold K. Gordon

Harold Gordon has more than 25 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. In 2014, Harold was selected as Courtroom View Network’s (CVN) inaugural “Defense Attorney of the Year” for being undefeated during the year in three critical jury trials.

Harold’s recent representations include ongoing federal and state court financial products cases for Wells Fargo, a successful 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 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, member of the FBC’s Programs Committee, a former member of the FBC’s board of trustees, an Advisory Fellow for The Heyman Center on Corporate Governance at Cardozo, and a member of the Association of SEC Alumni. He also served as the Career Development columnist for the New York Law Journal.