Joan T. Harnes, Counsel

Mrs. Harnes is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and Fordham Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review. She was admitted to the bar in 1955. After graduation, Mrs. Harnes was in private practice, where she was engaged in a large number of trials. Mrs. Harnes was one of the first women to be appointed an Assistant United States Attorney, and served in the Criminal Division in the Eastern District of New York.

In 1970, Mrs. Harnes helped form the firm Silverman & Harnes, and thereafter, has specialized in the litigation of cases involving securities violations and matters of corporate governance. She has lectured at the Yale School of Organization and Management on such matters. Mrs. Harnes has actively participated in many trials and has also written numerous briefs and argued appeals in cases involving securities and corporate governance issues.

Mrs. Harnes has been admitted to practice in the state courts of New York, the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and in the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She has also been admitted and argued pro hac vice before many courts, including the Supreme Court of Delaware.

Email: jtharnes@chitwoodlaw.com