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Provided by Jeffrey Klein
Jeffrey Klein focuses his practice on complex employment disputes, trade secret and restrictive covenant disputes, and sports law. He regularly collaborates with leading companies and well-known sports figures to craft strategies that address their most challenging business and legal issues. He also counsels corporate Boards of Directors, Special Committees and senior executives of public companies with respect to internal investigations and sensitive human resources and corporate governance matters. His clients include major companies in the financial services, retail, sports and entertainment, private equity and technology industries, as well as CEO’s and other senior corporate executives, professional athletes and coaches. He has been litigation counsel in some of the leading high stakes single plaintiff and class action matters in the labor and employment arena. He is an industry thought leader who for 27 years, was an employment law columnist for the New York Law Journal.
Prior to joining CGR, Mr. Klein was a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he led the Employment Litigation Practice Group for 25 years and also served as Co-Head of the Complex Commercial Litigation practice.
Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Advisory Board Member, NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law
Labor and Employment, Litigation, Workplace and Board Investigations Sports, Restrictive Covenants and Employee Mobility, Workplace Culture and Policies
Amherst College
BA, magna cum laude
Columbia Law School
JD
Provided by Chambers
Jeffrey Klein of Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP retains his reputation as one of the leading employment lawyers in New York. His practice encompasses employment discrimination and wage and hour claims.
Provided by Chambers
"He is among the absolute best labor and employment lawyers. Jeffrey is uniformly excellent, with tremendous judgment. He is the real deal."
"Jeffrey is a consummate expert in employment law and is brilliant at what he does. He's incredibly responsive and super helpful at keeping us abreast of the situation as it occurs."
"Jeff is a mix of expertise, perspective, good humor, patience and straightforwardness. We can always trust him for sound guidance, given clearly with an eye toward legal requirements, practicalities and political sensitivities."
"He is among the absolute best labor and employment lawyers. Jeffrey is uniformly excellent, with tremendous judgment. He is the real deal."
"Jeffrey is a consummate expert in employment law and is brilliant at what he does. He's incredibly responsive and super helpful at keeping us abreast of the situation as it occurs."
"Jeff is a mix of expertise, perspective, good humor, patience and straightforwardness. We can always trust him for sound guidance, given clearly with an eye toward legal requirements, practicalities and political sensitivities."