Wendy F. KleinMember |
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Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1993; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Founding Member and Articles Editor, Journal of Gender and Law
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986
Bar & Court Admissions
- New Jersey, 1994
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1994
- New York, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2007
FAX: 201-678-6266
wklein@coleschotz.com
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Legal Secretary: Michele Stempel
TEL: 201-489-3000, ext. 5083
mstempel@coleschotz.com
Wendy Klein's practice focuses on business disputes, including employment, contract and corporate litigation, as well as estate and condemnation actions. She has represented parties in numerous discrimination, restrictive covenant and wage dispute cases, as well as shareholder and partnership disputes. Ms. Klein also has successfully argued before the New Jersey Appellate Division and the New Jersey Supreme Court and has frequently been appointed as counsel by the Superior Court.
Following law school, Ms. Klein served as a law clerk to Justice Gary S. Stein of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Following her undergraduate education, Ms. Klein worked in publishing as a literary scout for foreign publishers and movie producers seeking to purchase rights to American books.
Publications
- Ask A Lawyer: Competing With Your Employer is a No-No, The Record, July 29, 2010
- Supreme Court Ruling Limits Redevelopment Law's Eminent Domain Power, Cole Schotz Docket, Summer 2007
- Ask A Lawyer: No Lie: Polygraphs are Workplace No-Nos, The Record, Spring 2007
- Corporate Officers and Directors Personally Liable for Unpaid Wages, Cole Schotz Docket, Winter 2007
- Do You Have More Employees Than You Thought?, Cole Schotz Docket, Spring 2004
Ms. Klein co-authored a chapter on the New Jersey discovery rules for the practice handbook Civil Discovery Practice in New Jersey.
Professional Activities
- New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, Trustee at Large, Bergen County
- Women Lawyers in Bergen
- Bergen County Bar Association, Nominating Committee
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- District IIB Ethics Committee, 1996-2000
- Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court, Barrister, 1999-2001
- District IIB Fee Arbitration Committee, 2001-2005


