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About
Harrison J. Gordon,

A
senior partner and a nationally-recognized attorney and past president
of the New Jersey Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA NJ) and
Past chairman of the American Association for Justice
Motor Vehicle and Premises Liability Section, Harrison J. Gordon
concentrates his practice in Brain Injury, Wrongful Death and Serious
Personal Injuries, Mass Disaster and Toxic Tort Litigation, Legal
Malpractice, Professional Negligence, Employment Litigation of All
Types, Discrimination and Sexual Harassment cases, Class Action and Drug
Litigation. Harrison J. Gordon is considered to be a pioneer in brain
injury litigation and has been practicing in the area of brain injury
litigation for over twenty years
Harrison Gordon has been named as a Super Lawyer and a top 100 lawyer
for the year 2007 by Law and Politics and
the Publishers of New Jersey Monthly Magazine in recognition of his
achievement as one of the pre-eminent lawyers in his field. Mr. Gordon
was also named as Super Lawyer for the years 2006 through 2008. Mr. Gordon was named one of the Ten Leaders of Personal Injury
and Trial Law 2003-2004 for northern New Jersey and also named one of
the Ten Leaders for Civil Trial Law 2004-2005 by the Digital Press
International.
He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Trial
Lawyer's of America - Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group. He is
Past Chair of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Ethics Committee, District
VC and for his service as Chair of the Ethics Committee, he received a
Certificate of Appreciation from the New Jersey Supreme Court in
recognition of his meritorious service to the legal profession and
citizens of the State of New Jersey. Harrison J. Gordon was
elected to the Board of Trustees of the Brain Injury Association of New
Jersey, Inc. The Brain Injury Association
of New Jersey, Inc. is a statewide membership organization dedicated to
providing education, outreach, prevention, advocacy and support services
to all persons affected by brain injury and to the general public.
Harrison Gordon has been involved in many precedent setting cases
involving Pan Am 103, the Dupont Hotel Plaza fire in Puerto Rico and was
chosen by the Attorney General of New Jersey to be a member of the Tobacco
Litigation Team representing the State of New Jersey in a landmark case
against the tobacco industry which resulted in a 7.6 billion dollar
settlement for the State of New Jersey.
Harrison J. Gordon practices in the areas of drug litigation and other
Mass Tort cases solely on behalf of injured people. His experience in
mass tort matters includes handling prescription drug cases that have
caused serious injury or death such as Propulsid, Rezulin and
other prescription drugs. He has also served on the New Jersey
Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Propulsid and Rezulin litigation.
Mr. Gordon also took the
deposition of the drug company’s CEO on behalf his clients and the New
Jersey Plaintiff’s Steering Committee.
He has lectured extensively in the field of trial tactics, personal
injury and Traumatic Brain Injuries throughout New Jersey, the United
States and Canada and has been included in Who's Who in America, Who's Who
in American Law from 1987 to the present and in Who's Who in the World
1997 to the present.
Harrison Gordon has lectured extensively in the field of traumatic
brain injuries for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New
Jersey, the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (I.C.L.E.) and the
Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, Inc. where he was a featured
speaker and moderator of the legal track on numerous times from 1993 to
the present, at the
annual convention of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, Inc.
Mr.
Gordon has also lectured at seminars on trial tactics and personal injury
throughout the United State and Canada. He also participated as a Lecturer
and Moderator at numerous Seminars on Brain Injury Litigation in San
Diego, New Orleans, Chicago, and throughout New Jersey and the United
States from 1993 to the present. He is a professional member of the Brain
Injury Association of New Jersey, Inc. and the Brain Injury Association,
Inc. and is the author of numerous articles and written materials on trial
preparation in the areas of Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Traumatic
Brain Injury. Mr. Gordon is also the author of an article in New Jersey
Medicine, March, 1997, entitled "Point-CounterPoint" - Should Insurance
Companies be Held Liable For Not Paying Claims? and several other articles
as well. Mr. Gordon has appeared
before the New Jersey State Legislature to testify on important bills
affecting the citizens and consumers of New Jersey.
Mr. Gordon has been interviewed by and appeared in the following print
publications and media: New York Times; Parade Magazine; Newark Star
Ledger; Lawyers Weekly USA; The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey; Asbury
Park Press, New Jersey; Trenton Times, New Jersey; Passaic Herald News,
New Jersey; New Jersey Law Journal, New Jersey Lawyer; WCBS (Channel 2);
WNBC (Channel 4); Fox (Channel 5); WABC (Channel 7); New Jersey Network;
CBS Radio, New York, New York; 1010 Wins, New York, New York and WWOR,
Secaucus, New Jersey (Channel 9) as well as numerous other publications
and television and radio stations.
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