Michael Klein's wide-ranging corporate and securities practice has, over the past 25 years, included a wide array of transactional, counseling, securities law enforcement and corporate litigation engagements. Mr. Klein retired from active practice in 2006.

Practice

Mr. Klein was involved in taking companies public, taking them private, and representing and counseling them, their executives and/or directors in both postures. In addition to performing these roles in routine circumstances, he has been designated “Special Counsel” to boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors of many public companies in a variety of settings. He was involved in notable control contests such as Unocal v. Mesa Petroleum; Bass v. Evans (Macmillian I); and Literary Partners v. Time, Incorporated (Time-Warner I). He also  counseled and litigated successfully a number of cases in opposition to federal agencies, as well as intra-corporate contests.

Mr. Klein served on the boards of several publicly held corporations including: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ); Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Perini Corporation (AMEX); Director and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of SRA International, Inc. (NYSE); Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors, National Education Corporation (NYSE); Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors, Steck-Vaughn Corporation (NASDAQ); Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Administrative Officer, Republic Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ).  In addition, he has played an active role in a number of private corporations, including: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Precept Mortgage LLC; director, SRA International, Inc., and director, FirstHome Brokerage LLC; and non-profit entities: Trustee, American Himalayan Foundation; Trustee, Center for Law in the Public Interest (public interest law firm); Member, American Law Institute; Chairman, Advocates for the Public Interest (public interest law firm); Editorial Board, Insights (corporate and securities law journal); Director, Support Center of DC, Inc. (non-profit management firm for non-profits). 

Mr. Klein is an author and lecturer on a range of legal subjects focusing primarily on aspects of corporate governance and securities laws.