Overview
Mr. Gordon has over thirty-five years of experience representing domestic and foreign interests in complex business disputes throughout the United States. A significant portion of his practice includes commercial arbitration and related judicial proceedings. He has litigated a broad range of subject matters, including purchase price disputes and indemnification claims arising out of the purchase and sale of businesses, disputes under partnership and joint venture agreements, claims arising from the purchase and sale of securities, accounting matters and contract interpretation.
In addition, since the mid-1990s, Mr. Gordon has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to insurance and reinsurance matters. He advises clients with respect to property and casualty, professional liability, financial institutions, D&O, E&O, bad faith, aviation, clash, contingency, excess of loss, retrocessional, facultative, pools, aggregate extension, accumulation, allocation, ECO/XPL exposures, and other issues. In addition to his representation of insurers and reinsurers, Mr. Gordon also serves as an arbitrator with respect to reinsurance disputes.
He has been recognized by Chambers USA. He has also been recognized by Legal 500 in the area of Litigation-International Arbitration.
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, ARIAS Arbitrator Training Seminar – “Case Development and Preparing for the Arbitration Hearing” (May 2010)
Panelist, ARIAS U.S. Spring Conference – “Improving the Reinsurance Arbitration Process” (May 2005)
Professional Affiliations
- Member, ARIAS–US
Practice Areas
Education
- George Washington University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1979), Member, The George Washington Law Review
- State University of New York at Albany (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Ninth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland, District of Columbia, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims