Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Kline practices in the area of business litigation.  He represents individuals and businesses involved in real estate, intellectual property, contract, employment, corporate and complex business disputes, in both the trial and appellate contexts.

Mr. Kline specializes in the handling of litigation matters from start to finish. He has drafted numerous legal pleadings, argued those pleadings before both state and federal judges, and engaged in many successful settlement negotiations and mediations on behalf of his clients. Mr. Kline's experience also includes appellate work, such as his successful Petition to the California Supreme Court for its review of novel, complex internal legal issues of importance to his clients.

Prior to joining WC&C, Mr. Kline gained experience in the areas of bad faith insurance, class action and general business litigation. Prior to his admission to the bar in 2001, Mr. Kline served as a federal judicial extern in Washington D.C. to Judge Stanley Sporkin, during which time he observed the Microsoft anti-trust trial and delivery of the Starr Report to Congress. An alumnus of Pepperdine University School of Law and the Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Kline served as an editor of Pepperine University's Law Journal and Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal. In 2000, Mr. Kline penned "Wading in the Sargasso Sea: The Double Jeopardy Clause, Non-Capital Sentencing Proceedings, and California's 'Three Strikes' Law Collide in Monge v. California," [27 Pep.L.Rev. 861], and capped his law school career by taking first place with his teammate in Pepperdine's annual Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition.

Areas of Practice

• Business Litigation
• Class Action
• General Litigation
• Corporate / Business Transactions
• Real Estate Transactions
• Appellate Work
• Intellectual Property

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Unfair Competition, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Transactions, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Collections, Communications & Media Law, Advertising, Cable (Broadband), Cellular Communications, Digital Communications, Internet, Print Media, Radio, Satellite Communications, Telecommunications, Television & Film, Wireless Communications, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Construction Liens, Government Construction Contracts, Housing & Construction Defects, Employment Law -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Insurance Malpractice, Property & Casualty, Reinsurance, Title Insurance, Intellectual Property Law, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Internet -- Cyberspace, Labor Law, Wage & Hour Laws, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Real Estate Law, Landlord/Tenant, Computer Law, Toxic Torts, Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 2001
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2001

Education

• Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 2000
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Pepperdine Law Review, Editor, 1998 - 2000
  
  Law Journal: ADR Journal, Managing Editor, 1998 - 2000
• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, 1997
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Journalism

Published Works

• Wading in the Sargasso Sea (An analysis of Monge v. California), 27 Pepp.L.Rev. 861, 2000

Address

5567 Reseda Boulevard
Suite 330
P.O. Box 7033
Tarzana, CA 91357-7033

Phones

(818) 705-6800
(323) 872-0995

Faxes

(818) 996-8266
(818) 345-0162

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wcclaw.com