Profile

Kimberly Klein is a partner at New York City law firm Moses & Singer LLP. Her areas of practice include Litigation and Employment and Labor.

Overview

Kimberly Klein became a litigation partner at Moses & Singer in 2006. Before joining the firm in 1999, Kim worked at Proskauer Rose LLP after receiving a J.D. from New York Law School in 1997. Kim has state, federal and administrative agency experience where she has litigated and arbitrated a variety of employment matters including age, race and sex discrimination suits, as well as wrongful termination, contract, defamation and EEOC actions. Kim advises clients on federal employment statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and equivalent state and city statutes. Kim has experience conducting investigations concerning allegations of discrimination and advising clients on an array of employment matters that include: hiring, employment contracts, commission agreements, terminations, severance agreements, reductions-in-force, harassment/ discrimination, retaliation, employee discipline, performance reviews, non-compete and other restrictive covenants, workplace audits, wage and hour issues, employment manuals, training employees, background checks and more.

Prior to law school, Kim received a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and a M.A. in Journalism at American University in Washington, D.C., after which she worked as a reporter for several years before going to law school. Kim is admitted to practice in the State Bar of New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Kim is a contributing author to the firm’s employment newsletter, Employment Matters.

Publications & Presentations

• "NY Passes Law for Employers Reducing Their Workforce", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 10/2008
• "Amended Disability Law Makes Employers More Vulnerable to Disability Claims," , Moses & Singer Employment Matters, 12/2008
• "Employers Must Pay a Portion Of COBRA Premiums for Eligible Employees," , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 02/2009
• "The DOL Makes Available COBRA Model Notices for Employers" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 03/2009
• "New Laws Govern Hiring/Retention of People with Criminal Convictions" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 03/2009
• "Employee Arbitrations May Be Costly To Employers" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 05/2009
• Starting Your Own Business , Moses & Singer Women’s Initiative Program, 01/2010
• "Severe Penalties Related to NY's New Wage Law" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 05/2011
• "EEOC to Employers: Don't Focus On Whether An Employee Is Disabled" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 08/2011
• "Private Employers Now Required to Inform Employees of Their Right to Unionize or Face Possible Unfair Labor Charge", Moses & Singer Client A, 09/2011
• "Employee Release of Claims Held Not to Include Discrimination Claim", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 09/2011
• "Penalties Under the Wage Theft Prevention Act Applied Retroactively", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 10/2011
• "NLRB Extends Controversial Posting Deadline", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 10/2011
• Best Practices For Preserving and Producing Electronically Stored Information, , 12/2011
• "NLRB Postpones Employer Posting Requirement at Judge's Request", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 01/2012
• "New York Court Adopts Strict Federal E-Discovery Standard", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 02/2012
• "Private Employers Required to Inform Employees of Their Right to Unionize", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 03/2012
• "NLRB Takes Aggressive Action on Social Media Use by Non-Union Workforce" , Moses & Singer Client Alert, 04/2012
• "Employers Do Not Have To Display NLRB Posting By April 30", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 04/2012
• "Employers: Misclassification of Interns and Other Employees Can Be Costly", Moses & Singer Client Alert, 04/2012

Colleges Attended

• New York Law School, J.D., magna cum laude,
• American University, Journalism and Public Affairs, M.A.,
• Washington University, B.A,

Languages Spoken

• English