Harold J. Bressler

General Counsel

Harold Bressler serves as the general legal counsel for The Joint Commission.  In this role, he is responsible for all legal matters.

Prior to joining The Joint Commission in 1985, he was an associate and partner in the Chicago law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery.  There, he worked in the litigation and antitrust department.  Before joining the Chicago-based firm, he was a trial attorney in Washington, D.C., with the antitrust division of the Department of Justice.

In addition to his duties as general counsel, Mr. Bressler has served as an adjunct professor of law at DePaul and Loyola Schools of Law, Chicago.  At both universities, he teaches antitrust law in the health care field.

Mr. Bressler earned his bachelor’s degree from the University if Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, and his juris doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago.