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Legal Secretary: Terry Fasciano
TEL: 201-489-3000 ext. 5029
tfasciano@coleschotz.com

Steven Klein is Co-Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department.  Mr. Klein is widely recognized as one of the premier litigators in the region.  He has an extensive civil litigation practice that emphasizes complex commercial and corporate litigation in the state and federal trial and appellate courts.  He also focuses his practice in the areas of chancery  and real estate litigation for private and public companies and in significant arbitration matters.  Mr. Klein also has been appointed by the courts in major shareholder and partnership disputes and corporate and partnership dissolutions to serve as special fiscal agent, special officer, provisional director, and custodial and/or liquidating receiver.  Mr. Klein has achieved numerous victories and successfully represented clients in several significant reported decisions. Among his litigation accomplishments, he also established precedent in the New Jersey Supreme Court in a now nine year dispute culminating in the confirmation of an arbitral award.  He served as special litigation counsel for the New Jersey Insurance Commissioner in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company rehabilitation proceedings.  Mr. Klein is admitted to practice before the Superior Court of New Jersey, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Klein joined Cole Schotz upon graduation from Duke Law School and became a member of the firm in 1987.  He currently serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and is chair of the Hiring Committee.

Mr. Klein has served as an adjunct professor teaching legal research and writing at the Seton Hall University School of Law and has taught business law as an adjunct professor at the Seton Hall University School of Business.  He also has lectured for various professional and civic organizations.

Mr. Klein has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals.  He has also been selected by his peers for inclusion in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America® in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Tax, Labor and Employment and Trusts and Estates (2005-2012) and New Jersey Super Lawyers® in Business Litigation (2005-2011). He has also been included in 201 Magazine's list of Top Lawyers in Bergen County for 2011.

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers For Business, a well-respected legal directory, compiled based on in-depth interviews with key in-house counsel and private practice attorneys, ranks Mr. Klein and notes:

“Steven Klein can be brought in to deal with even the most difficult of cases, sources confirm, and he boasts a wide array of civil litigation experience. He is also a successful arbitrator and appellate attorney.” 2011 Edition.     

Mr. Klein appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he obtained a per curiam affirmance of the Appellate Division opinion at 394 N.J.Super.254, 926 A.2d 372 (2007).  This Supreme Court decision establishes new precedent in the area of the enforceability of arbitration agreements.

• Steve Klein was quoted in an article titled, "OPRA Requires Disclosure of Contracts For Use of Meadowlands IZOD Center," New Jersey Law Journal, December 5, 2011
• Cole Schotz Recognized as Leading Litigation Firm by Benchmark Litigation
• Cole Schotz Lands Five Practices and Nine Attorneys in Chambers USA Guide, June 27, 2011
• Steven Klein was quoted in "Halls of Justice Need Fixing Up in 100-Year-Old Courthouse," The Record, January 6, 2011
• Cole Schotz Recognized as Leading Litigation Firm by Benchmark Litigation
• 35 Cole Schotz Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers in America®
• Steven Klein elected President of the Bergen County Bar Association

• Free Legal Aid Available for Those Facing Foreclosure, The Record, May 6, 2009
• Consider the Alternative: The Alternative Procedure for Dispute Resolution Act, New Jersey Law Journal, March 30, 2009
• 'No Fault' Removal of an LLC Member, New Jersey Law Journal, April 10, 2006

• When the Parties Disagree….A Litigator’s Perspective, Hudson-Bergen Inn of Transactional Counsel, May 14, 2009

• American Bar Association
• Bergen County Bar Association, President, former Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and Six-Term Trustee
• Bergen County Bar Association (General Equity Section, Co-Chair)
• Bergen County Bar Association (Bench-Bar Liaison Committee)
• Bergen County Bar Association (Civil Practice Committee)
• Bergen County Bar Foundation, Trustee
• Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court, Master
• District Ethics Fee Arbitration Committee, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Former Panel Chair
• American Arbitration Association