Adam T. Klein Esq.
Work in Outten & Golden LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Employment, Wage & Hour
685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017
About Adam T. Klein Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Wage & Hour
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, 1990J.D.
- Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Ithaca, New York, 1987B.S.
Languages
- English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
- “Managing Partner Conference Series: Managing Partner Response to COVID-19”, Managing Partners’ Forum of the New York State Bar Association, - 2020
- Speaker: "Impact Analysis: When To Use It & The Statistics To Support It", National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), NELA 2017 Annual Convention, - 2017
- Speaker: "Deep Diving Equal Pay", American Bar Association, Section of Labor & Employment, National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, - 2016
- Speaker: "Class and Collective Actions - Rapid Fire Case Law Update", National CLE Conference - Labor & Employment, - 2015
- Speaker: "Title VII Class Certification-Issues Certification and Targeting Specific Employment Practices Post Dukes and Comcast", National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, ABA Section of Labor & Employment, - 2015
- Faculty: "The Boundaries of the Employment Relationship: Who is an Employee? Who is the Employer?", Eighteenth Annual NYU Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, NYU Labor & Employment Law, Institute of Judicial Administration, NYU University School of Law, - 2015
- Speaker: "Judge and Magistrate Judge Class and Collective Actions - What is Viable and What is Not?", Law Education Institute, National CLE Conference, - 2015
- Speaker: "Legal issues and Safeguards Associated with Performance Evaluation Programs", ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, 8th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, - 2014
- Speaker: "Challenges to Subjective Selection Systems; 'Pattern or Practice' Promotion and Pay Claims in Higher-Level Jobs", Title VII of the Civil Rights Act After 50 Years, NYU 67th Annual Conference on Labor, New York University, - 2014
- Panelist: "Your Day in Court?: The Undermining of Access to Justice", American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Convention, - 2014
- Speaker: "Gender Pay Disparity: 50 Years after the Equal Pay Act", Discrimination and Retaliation, 7th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, - 2013
- Panelist: "Compensation and Discrimination/Equal Pay Issues in the Financial Services Sector", ELA, Third Transatlantic Conference, - 2013
- Moderator: 'Advanced Class Action Topics", National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law, ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, - 2013
- Lecturer: "Managing Wage & Hour Risks", Practicing Law Institute, - 2013
- Panelist: "Employment Discrimination", Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal 30th Anniversary Reception and Symposium, - 2013
- Lecturer: "Managing Wage & Hour Risks", Practicing Law Institute, - 2010
- Speaker: "Cross-Border Class Action Litigation", As the World Turns: Perspectives on International Labor and Employment Law, - 2009
- "Making the Call Whether to Settle: Assessing Damages, Settlement Structure, Administration and More", American Conference Institute?s 7th National Advanced Forum on Wage Hour Claims and Class Actions, - 2009
- "Criminal History, Bad Credit Scores, and Hiring Discrimination: Title VII and the Use of Criminal Records and Credit History as Hiring Criteria", The American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education, - 2009
- "Evidence Issues/Use of Experts", Center for Labor and Employment Law: Twelfth Annual NYU Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges, - 2009
- "Reacting to the Changing American Workforce and Workplace, Part I: Lifestyle Behaviors & Relationships", The 13th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, - 2009
- "Class and Collective Actions Update", National CLE Conference - Labor & Employment, - 2009
- Advanced Issues in Collective Actions, NELA Fall Conference - Representing Workers In Individual & Collective Actions Under the FLSA, - 2007
- Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Co-Chair), ABA Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, - 2007
- Litigating Racial Discrimination and Harassment Claims, NELA Annual Conference, - 2007
- EEOC Spotlights Employment Testing and Screening in the 21st Century Workplace, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, - 2007
- Mock E-Discovery Hearing, New York University School of Law / American Bar Association, - 2007
- 4th National Forum on Wage & Hour Claims & Class Actions (Co-Chair), American Conference Institute, - 2007
- Wage and Hour Law and Litigation Strategies, Cornell University's Labor and Employment Law Program, - 2007
- Corporate Counsel Forum on Wage & Hour Compliance: What Plaintiffs' Counsel Look for in Wage and Hour Conduct: Industries and Practices in Their Sights, American Conference Institute, - 2007
- National Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Co-Chair), American Bar Association, - 2007
- 1st Annual HR in Hospitality Conference: Fair Labor Standards Act: Wage and Hour Compliance and the Consequences of Non-Compliance, Human Resources Executive Conferences, - 2007
- 1st Annual HR in Hospitality Conference: The Law of the Workplace: Hot Employment Issues for the Hospitality Industry, Human Resources Executive Conferences, - 2007
- All for One and One for All: Class and Collective Actions - Leading Edge Logistical and Legal Issues, Law Education Institute, National CLE Conference on Labor & Employment Law, - 2006
- 35Th Annual Institute on Employment Law, Practising Law Institute, - 2006
- FLSA Update, ABA Annual Convention, - 2006
- Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (Co-Chair), ABA Annual Convention, - 2006
- Glass Ceiling Litigation, American Inns of Court, - 2006
- E-Discovery, Georgetown University Law Center, Employment Law & Litigation Institute 2006, - 2006
- Wage & Hour Litigation, New York University School of Law / Federal Judicial Center, Workshop for Federal Judges, NYC, - 2006
- Evidence Issues in Collective and Class Actions, Georgetown University Law Center, Evidence Issues and Jury Instructions in Employment Cases, - 2006
- State Class Action & Arbitration Law, NYU Law School - Institute of Judicial Administration, - 2005
- Summary Judgment in Employment Discrimination Cases, Second Circuit Staff Attorney Training Seminar, - 2005
- Mediation & Settlement Strategies, NELA Fall Conference: Impact Litigation: Representing Workers In Class, Collective & Multiple Plaintiff Actions, - 2005
- The New White Collar Regulations, NELA Fall Conference: Impact Litigation: Representing Workers In Class, Collective & Multiple Plaintiff Actions, - 2005
- Ethical Hot Spots for Lawyers in the Electronic Age, ABA Annual Convention, - 2005
- Emerging Issues in Employment Discrimination Law: Electronic Discovery, New York County Lawyers' Association and NELA/NY, - 2005
- High Profile Wage and Hour Litigation, NELA/NY Spring Conference, - 2005
- Wage & Hour Class Actions, Georgetown University Law Center, Employment Law & Litigation Institute: Legal Trends and Practice Strategies, - 2005
- Disparate Impact: The Most Recent Word on This Long-Standing Discrimination Theory, Including the New Ways of Proving Disparate Impact and Whether It Is Available in All Discrimination Areas, Including Age Discrimination, ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 2005 Midwinter Meeting, - 2005
- Wage & Hour Litigation, New York University School of Law / Federal Judicial Center, Workshop for Federal Judges, - 2005
- Employment Law Collective Actions - Leading Edge Logistical and Legal Issues, Snowmass National CLE Conference, - 2005
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1991
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member (former co-chair Class Action Committee))
- National Employment Lawyers Association/New York (NELA/NY), 2000 - 2006 (Member (former Executive Board))
- National Employment Lawyers Association (Former Co-Chair, Class Action Committee)
- American Association for Justice, Employee Rights Section (Executive Board)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Technology & Federal Law Clerks Training Program Committee)
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Past Plaintiffs’ Co-Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee)
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section (Employee Rights and Responsibilities Committee)
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section (Class Action and Derivative Suits Committee)
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section (Equal Employment Opportunity Committee)
- American Bar Association (Trustee of the Lawyers' Committee, Civil Rights Under Law)
- Federal Bar Council (Member)
- National Wage and Hour Clearinghouse (Member, Advisory Board)
- Executive Committee of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Co-Chair)
- American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
- College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Fellow)
- The Labor and Employment Law Program for Cornell University (Advisory Board Member)
- The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations for Cornell University (Advisory Board Member)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
Articles
Published Works
- Contingent Worker Abuses: The Class Action Remedy, Employee Rights Quarterly, 2000
- Advanced Litigation Issues Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, American Bar Association Conference for Section on Labor & Employment , 2003
- When Outsourcing Cheats Workers
- Use Of ADR Procedures To Resolve Complex Employment Discrimination Litigation From A Plaintiff's Perspective: No Thanks, Outten & Golden LLP, 2004
- The DOL’s New FLSA White Collar Exemption Regulations and Working with the DOL on FLSA Actions, Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol 10, No. 2, 2006
- Eight-Minute Electronic Discovery, 2006
- Employer Credit-History Checks And Criminal Record Checks Of Job Applicants For Hiring Decisions: The Illegality Under Title VII Disparate Impact Doctrine, 2007
- Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Class Action Disputes: From the Perspective of Plaintiffs' Counsel, 776 PLI/Lit. 255, 2008
- Off-The-Clock Claims From The Employee's Perspective, Chapter 8 from Compensation, Work Hours and Benefits, 2009
- Adam Klein Discusses Unpaid Intern Litigation, Wage-Hour Issues Related To Remote Connectivity And Employer Misclassification, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc, 2013
- Use Of Statistical Evidence In Complex Wage Litigation
- Racial Discrimination from the Time of "The Butler's Child" until Now, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2016
- Out of Prison, Out of a Job: "Ban the Box" Movement Seeks an End to Employers' Insidious Use of Criminal Background Checks to Reject Qualified Applicants, O&G Employment Law Blog, 2016
Office Info
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