Justin P. Klein

Justin P. Klein is a partner in the Business and Finance Department, partner-in-charge of the Securities Group, and a member of the Corporate and Government Investigations and White Collar Defense, Investment Management, Mergers and Acquisitions/Private Equity, Transactional Finance, Life Sciences/Technology, and Insurance Groups, and the Economic Stabilization and Recovery Initiative. Before entering private practice, Mr. Klein spent nine years at the Securities and Exchange Commission in a variety of positions, including as assistant director of the Division of Corporation Finance.

Mr. Klein concentrates on diverse securities matters, including public and private securities offerings. He represents boards of directors and committees of public and private companies and parties in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before the SEC, state securities commissions, and securities industry self-regulatory organizations. He has served as a court-appointed trustee in SEC enforcement matters, as counsel to boards and audit committees, and as special counsel to committees of independent directors of public companies in going-private and other transactions.

Professional Activities

Philadelphia Bar Association
Past Chair, Business Law Section, Executive Committee; past Chair, Committee on Securities Regulation

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Past Chair and member, National Arbitration and Mediation Committee

Pennsylvania Securities Commission, Attorney Advisory Committee

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, corporate/M&A law, 2003-2009

Publications

Writes extensively on a wide variety of securities law issues

Speaking Engagements

Frequent speaker at securities law conferences

George Washington University Law School (J.D. 1972, with honors)

University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1969)

District of Columbia 1973

Maryland 1972

Pennsylvania 1983