Anthony J. Harwood
Top rated Employment & Labor attorney in New York, New York
Practice Areas:
Employment & labor,
Business litigation,
Securities litigation,
Appellate,
Intellectual property,
Professional liability,
Employment law - employee,
Ethics & professional responsibility,
Legal malpractice,
Professional malpractice - other,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Intellectual property litigation
Education Qualification:
Fordham University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Employment & labor,
Business litigation,
Securities litigation,
Appellate,
Intellectual property,
Professional liability,
Employment law - employee,
Ethics & professional responsibility,
Legal malpractice,
Professional malpractice - other,
Sexual harassment,
Wage & hour laws,
Whistleblower,
Intellectual property litigation
260 Madison Ave, 8th FloorNew York, New York, 10016
First Admitted: 1988, New York
Professional Webpage: http://www.aharwoodlaw.com/personthony-j-harwood/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Ethics Committee, 2014-2017
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- New York State Bar Association, Member, Securities Law Committee, 2003-Present
- American Bar Association, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1997
- State of New York
- United States Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- New York State Bar Association, Member, Executive Committee, 2004-Present
- American Bar Association, Chair, International Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-97
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- New York State Bar Association, Commercial, and Federal Litigation Section, Co-Chair, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 2004-2021
- American Bar Association, Vice-Chair, Membership Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, 1998-2000
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Obtained a multi-million dollar judgment for financial consultants on a breach of contract action., 2020
- Obtained a $750,000 judgment for purchasers of a home against the seller for construction defects., 2021
- Obtained financial settlements of unfair labor practice claims of employees who were wrongfully terminated in retaliation for reporting safety violations., 2021
- Obtained a financial settlement of a wrongful termination claim for an employee under the Family Medical Leave Act., 2020
- Obtained a financial settlement of a wrongful termination claim for an employee under the Family Medical Leave Act., 2021
- Recovered clients' losses in a malpractice action against their former lawyer., 2021
- Achieved a settlement for an executive that recovered severance payments, garden leave and attorneys' fees in the amount of $600,000., 2019
- Achieved a settlement for an employee of a technology company on a disability discrimination claim that recovered the full amount of the employee's lost wages, attorneys' fees and other compensation., 2020
- Argued an appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department in a defamation case on behalf of a hedge fund against Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal., 2019
- Argued an appeal to the Appellate Division, First Department in a defamation action on behalf of celebrities., 2019
- As co-counsel with Fein & Jakab, obtained a $4 million settlement for a former pharmaceutical executive who brought claims for wrongful termination under a federal whistleblower statute., 2017
- Obtained an arbitration award against a broker in a securities arbitration which, combined with the settlement amount received from the settling brokerage house, gave the investor a full recovery of his investment losses., 2018
- As co-counsel with Rakower Law, after a 5-day bench trial in November 2016 before Judge Oetkin in the Southern District of New York, obtained a judgment for failure to pay pension benefits valued at approximately $14 million, based upon a lump sum payment of approximately $3.4 million, a lifetime stream of monthy cash payments, and life insurance benefits of approximately $3.2 million. The judgment was entered on June 1, 2017., 2017
- Obtained a settlement in the amount of $175,000 for a real estate broker who served as marketing agent for a housing redevelopment program in Brooklyn., 2017
Transactions:
- Negotiated an employment agreement for a financial executive with a startup company., 2021
- Negotiated the dissolution of a medical practice., 2019
Honors/Awards:
- AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell
Educational Background:
- Cornell University, B.A.in History, 1983
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Ethical Issues in the Investigation of a Lawsuit, Part II, Panel Co-Chair, Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association, May 2009
- Ethical Issues in the Investigation of a Civil Lawsuit, Part I, Panel Co-Chair and Panelist, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association, January 2009
- Ethical Issues That Arise in Government Investigations of Alleged Corporate Wrongdoing, Panel Chair, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association, January 2006
- “The Elusive Definition Of Primary Liability Under Section 10(B) Of The Securities And Exchange Act of 1934” presented and published at the January 2004 Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
- “Controlling Costs and Achieving Fairness Through Alternative Dispute Resolution,” published by the American Bar Association in June 2003 for its aviation law seminar in New York City
- “Protecting Trademark Rights in Internet Domain Names in the United States,” presented and published at the 2000 Annual Congress of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats in Helsinki, Finland
- “Provisional Remedies in the United States: the New York Model,” published for the 1998 Annual Congress of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats in Sydney, Australia (Received Past President’s Award)
- “Taking Evidence Abroad for Use in Civil Litigation in the United States,” published in the International Practitioners’ Workshop Series, Vol. XIII (American Bar Ass’n 1997) Published and presented at the 1997 Spring Meeting of the Section of International Law and Practice in Washington, D. C.
- International Service of Process, (with others) (American Bar Association, 1995)
- “A Narrow Eleventh Amendment Immunity for Political Subdivisions; Reconciling the Arm of the State Doctrine with Federalism Principles,” 55 Fordham Law Review 101 (1986)
- CLE Program on Legal Ethics in the Digital Age, "Protecting Clients' Confidences in Electronic Documents Under New York's Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers", Presenting Panelist, New York State Bar Association, 2016
- CLE Program on Ethics of Outsourcing Legal Work, Presenting Panelist and Chair of Organizing Committe, New York State Bar Association, 2015
- CLE on Data Securuty for Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms, "The New York Lawyer's Ethical Duties When Using the Cloud", Presenting Panelist, New York City Bar Association, 2015
- Report of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section on Threatening Disciplinary Action Against Attorneys in New York, Author (with others), New York State Bar Association, 2015
- Report on the Proposed Amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 Regulating Lawyers' Supervision of Undercover Investigations, Author (with others), New York State Bar Association, 2015
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