John Harris

John B. Harris is a litigation partner with the New York City law firm of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. He has more than 35 years’ experience representing clients in civil and white collar criminal matters, with a current focus is on the representation of lawyers and law firms. He regularly testifies as an expert witness on professional responsibility and legal ethics matters. He is a former Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the New York City Bar Association and serves as a mediator for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

John is a graduate of Yale University and the New York University School of Law.

Since the mid-1990s, John has held a range of positions at ADL, including chair of the New York lawyer’s division; chair of the New York regional board; chair of the committee responsible for ADL’s amicus curiae positions in state and federal courts; and chair of ADL’s National Civil Rights Committee. He was a principal author of ADL’s amicus brief in 2017 opposing the “Muslim Ban” on entry into the United States, for which he and his law firm received the Edward Brodsky Founders’ Award from ADL.

In 2023, he served as a member of the New York State Bar’s Task Force Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Asian Hate.