
Shelley Klein
Attorney at Law
New York
NY
About
After leaving Paul Weiss, I spent my career in non profit organizations where I was often tasked with general counsel work.
I have just started a solo practice as an attorney mediator in family law cases and am looking to diversify my legal work.
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Client Reviews
"I hired Shelley into a key role in our organization. She’s smart, articulate, creative, insightful, hard-working and brings her whole authentic self to her work. Shelley built, inspired, motivated and empowered a top notch team responsible for elevating the sophistication and impact of the organization’s programming. She’s a strong, strategic, articulate and poised advocate for issues that matter, infusing the right mix of empathy, compassion and humor into her work. She’s a gem!! I recommend Shelley unequivocally and without reservation. Hiring her was a highlight of my own managerial career."
"“I hired Shelley into a key role in our organization. She’s smart, articulate, creative, insightful, hard-working and brings her whole authentic self to her work. Shelley built, inspired, motivated and empowered a top notch team responsible for elevating the sophistication and impact of the organization’s programming. She’s a strong, strategic, articulate and poised advocate for issues that matter, infusing the right mix of empathy, compassion and humor into her work. She’s a gem!! I recommend Shelley unequivocally and without reservation. Hiring her was a highlight of my own managerial career."
Work History
New York Legal Assistance Group
Mediation project
Jan 2019 - Present
Mediate divorce and separation cases; draft settlement agreements; serve as outside consulting attorney to parties participating in mediation.
Columbia Law School
Associate Director
Mar 2011 - Jul 2013
Center for Institutional and Social Change
Paul Weiss
Litigation Associate
Nov 2000 - Jul 2002
Employment discrimination litigation; mediation and arbitration; trial preparation; actuarial malpractice; reinsurance