practice areas
honors + affiliations
Member, Judiciary Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member, New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Court Reorganization
Former Chairman, Committee on Judicial Administration of the New York State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association’s Litigation Management Committee
Member, Federal Bar Council
Member, American Judicature Society
Former President, North Carolina Society of New York Member, Board of Trustees of Christ Church United Methodist
Member, Board of Visitors of the Duke University Divinity School
Chairman of the Board, Guardians of the Washington Square Church
Member, Board of Directors of the United Methodist City Society
President, New York-Connecticut Foundation of the United Methodist Church
bar admissions
- New York
- North Carolina
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New York
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101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6090
Fax: 212.309.6001
James W. Harbison, Jr. serves as counsel in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. He was a partner of the firm from 1979 to 1999.
Mr. Harbison's practice focuses on commercial civil litigation in state and federal courts, including complex contractual disputes, tort, banking, real estate, product liability property claims and environmental matters. Mr. Harbison also handles matters involving allegations of false, misleading or unfair advertising or trade practices; unfair competition, trade secrets, trademark and copyright infringement; antitrust and trade regulation; and Federal Trade Commission practice. He represents clients involved in direct marketing, leasing, banking, textiles, oil, asbestos, packaging, apparel, securities and real estate industries.
While in law school, Mr. Harbison was head of the moot court program and received the Thurman Arnold Prize. He was honored for his arguments in the finals of the national moot court competition. He was also an Angier B. Duke Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Harbison was a champion debater, and he has been elected to the national Debate Hall of Fame at Duke University.
Mr. Harbision is admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina and before the U.S. Supreme Court.
education
- Yale Law School, 1959, LL.B.
- Duke University, 1956, A.B.