Harold, a principal and a member of Ober|Kaler's Litigation, Creditors' Rights, Workouts & Bankruptcy, and Employment & Labor Groups, represents clients in litigation, arbitration, and mediation in a broad range of business issues.

Harold's practice focuses on representing financial institutions in the defense of statutory and common law consumer lending practices claims; title disputes; enforcement of loan documents, financing agreements, security agreements and commercial leases; bankruptcy disputes; and other creditors' rights matters.

He also represents large and small clients in protecting their interests in employment and business matters. Harold has litigated employee defection and recruitment claims, wrongful discharge claims, discrimination claims, wage/hour disputes, employee contract and compensation disputes, defamation claims, non-competition and trade secret agreements, and other business-related torts in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration.

Harold regularly practices in the state and federal courts of Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland and has been admitted pro hac vice in numerous jurisdictions. He is also a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Dispute Resolution's roster of approved arbitrators.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Supreme Court of Virginia

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia

United States Courts of Appeal for the Third, Fourth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia

Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1994

Brandeis University, B.A., 1989

American Bar Association

Section on Litigation

Section on Labor and Employment Law

Brandeis University Alumni Admissions Council, Washington, D.C. area, Co-chair

District of Columbia Bar

Fairfax Bar Association

Fairfax County Circuit Court, Motions Conciliator

Fairfax County Consumer Protection Commission

Commissioner

Maryland State Bar Association

Virginia State Bar

Section on Litigation

Author and Editor, Virginia Employment Law: Forms and Practice Manual, Data Trace Publishing Company, 2008

Presenter, "Collection Issues for Long Term Care Providers," Virginia Health Care Association Conference, 2006

Author, "A Day of Rest: Virginia's Attempted Repeal of the Day of Rest Laws," The Daily Record, 2004

Legislative Associate, The Honorable Steve Bartlett, United States House of Representatives