Jack A. Gordon

Jack A. Gordon is managing partner at Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP in New York City. He focuses on complex commercial litigation and advises corporations, financial institutions, and senior executives on employment and business matters. His practice includes contract disputes, intellectual property claims, injunctions, compensation issues, and conflicts involving departing executives. He also has an active practice serving hospitality businesses.

Gordon received a J.D., cum laude, from New York Law School, where he served as Law Review research editor in 1986. He also earned two B.S. degrees, both cum laude, in American Literature and Film Analysis and Criticism from Boston University in 1981. His education supports a career requiring careful argument, documentary analysis, and communication in high-value commercial disputes.

He has litigated disputes involving intellectual property, antitrust allegations, corporate dissolution, employment benefits, and endorsement contracts. In federal court, his work has included a judgment concerning more than $20 million in corporate liabilities and a jury verdict exceeding $26 million in a television advertising contract dispute. His practice also spans business advice and contract issues for restaurants and other hospitality ventures.

Gordon has held Martindale-Hubbell AV recognition and has received multiple listings in professional lawyer publications. He lectures on the legal aspects of hospitality businesses at the Institute of Culinary Education and speaks and writes on restaurant-related legal issues. Jack A. Gordon combines extensive courtroom experience with industry-specific advice to help clients resolve disputes and structure commercial relationships.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Chairman Emeritus, NY City Bar Association Hospitality Law Section
• Former Chair, Hospitality Law Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member, American Bar Association
• Fellow, The Culinary Institute of America
• President, Wine & Food Society of New York
• President and Trustee, Roseland, New Jersey, Historical Society
• Board Member, Roseland Planning Board
• Chairman, Roseland Landmarks and Historic Districts Commission
• President, The Roseland Police Foundation
• Principal, Bumble Bee Productions, LLC

Licensed State

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• New York Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• Boston University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) (Cum Laude)

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