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KLEINLAWOFFICES.COM - JOHN R. KLEIN, MD, JD - MEDICAL DOCTOR & ATTORNEY
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402-391-1871
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JOHN R. KLEIN, MD, JD
KLEINLAWOFFICES.COM
Greater NYC and Omaha, NE
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Peer-Rated "AV Preeminent"* -- Medical-legal expertise with an emphasis on serious injury cases, physician and hospital concerns, and business matters.
All significant legal matters considered.
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Available for client conferences in Midtown Manhattan and Omaha's Old Market District.
Contact us by telephone at 402.391.1871
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that the transmission of the information in this web site is not intended to create, and its receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. You may not rely upon the transmission of any email or voicemail message to John Klein and/or Klein Law Offices, through this web site or otherwise, or upon any other oral communication (e.g., telephonic conversation(s) with John Klein or his staff), to create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship with John Klein and Klein Law Offices may be created ONLY UPON A WRITTEN AGREEMENT, without exception, signed and mutually agreed to by both John Klein and the prospective client. John Klein is licensed to practice law in the states of New York and Nebraska only. Any involvement by John Klein in legal matters in any other state may be arranged only under the supervision and control of locally licensed counsel.
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- John Klein's legal practice emphasis includes:
Health Care Law:
-- Hospital and Physician Concerns: EMTALA, HIPAA, health authority inquiries, licensing requirements, and similar regulatory matters.
-- Medical-Legal Questions of Patients and Their Families: Advice regarding the legal aspects of major health care questions and problems, including health care powers of attorney, relations with insurance companies, and related matters.
-- Medical Malpractice Defense: Independent, private case reviews for physicians seeking opinions beyond those of the attorney(s) provided by their insurance carriers.
-- Medical Practice Administration: Physician compensation and partnership agreements, leases, employee relations, and medical forms review.
Personal Injury and General Civil Matters:
-- Cases involving serious injuries, including consultation and co-representation with other attorneys of record.
-- Corporate formation, business litigation, and intellectual property / entertainment law matters.
-- Wills, trusts, estates, living wills, and health care powers of attorney.
Major Litigation Support Services and Co-Representation:
-- For attorneys requiring an extra hand on large cases, especially those involving significant medical issues.
-- Case evaluations, settlement brochures, medical record reviews and document summaries, expert witness referrals, depositions and other discovery matters.
-- Trial and appellate brief writing and editing.
- CURRICULUM VITAE - JOHN R. KLEIN, MD, JD
EDUCATION:
University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, MD, 2003 (Bookmeyer scholarship; Phi Chi).
Oxford University (UK) Medical School, 2002 (senior elective, Honors, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics; Features section writer, The Oxford Student).
Tulane Law School, JD, 1994 (Cum Laude; Tulane Law Review Editorial Board; Schwarz Prize; Phi Delta Phi; Editor of law school newspaper).
Georgetown University, BA, 1989 (double major in Government and Psychology).
University of Dublin, Trinity College (junior year abroad, 1987-88).
Creighton University (premedical studies).
University of Nebraska at Omaha (premedical studies).
Creighton Preparatory, Class of 1985.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Private Practice Attorney and Of Counsel, Greater NYC and Omaha, NE, 1999 to present: Full service provided on all serious legal maters, with an emphasis on the problems of individuals with medico-legal concerns, hospitals, physicians, and other health care entities. Admitted to Nebraska Bar in 1994 and New York Bar in 2011. Served exclusively in a supervised Of Counsel capacity with a leading NYC metro law firm from November 2007 to January 2011 (under supervision of licensed NY attorneys). Brief-writer to the Nebraska Supreme Court for physician-defendant in appeal overturning the largest medical malpractice plaintiff's verdict in Nebraska history. Offering a wide range of health law services to hospitals, physicians, and ancillary health care entities, with focus on health law regulatory matters (e.g., HIPAA, EMTALA, False Claims Act and Qui Tam, Stark and anti-kickback statute, Medicare and Medicaid compliance), health care licensing and disciplinary matters, health department inquiries, health care transactional matters, medical insurance coverage questions, and litigation including medical products liability and medical malpractice defense. Available to provide assistance to other attorneys of record in complex litigation and sophisticated document review projects. Extensive experience with general, legal and medical software platforms, including legal document management and coding systems for discovery involving millions of pages of hard-copy images and associated meta-data (e.g., Concordance, Relativity, inter alia).
Cassem, Tierney Law Firm, Omaha, NE, 1995-1999: Practice areas as an associate attorney with a leading Omaha law firm included medical malpractice defense, medical products liability defense, software licensing, Internet-related litigation, and all phases of trial and appellate practice. Practice experience before the Nebraska Supreme Court, Nebraska Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and numerous county and district trial courts.
Hon. Thomas M. Shanahan, U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, 1994-1995: Duties as a judicial law clerk included the preparation of draft opinions, orders, and jury instructions per direction of Judge Shanahan, analysis of briefs submitted to the Court, and consultations with Judge Shanahan re: legal basis for opinions, evidentiary rulings, sentencings and related matters.
PRESENT AND PAST AFFILIATIONS:
Legal: American Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association, Omaha Bar Association, Omaha Barristers.
Medical: American Medical Association, Nebraska Medical Association, Omaha Medical Society, American Chemical Society.
Volunteer service: Doctors in Schools, Georgetown University Office of Admissions, Nebraska High School Mock Trial Competition, Nebraska Pediatric Literacy Initiative, South Omaha Neighborhood Association Health Clinic, various pro bono legal services.
- Available for client conferences in Midtown Manhattan and Omaha's historic Old Market District.
Telephone: 402.391.1871
John R. Klein, MD, JD
P.O. Box 8161
Garden City, NY 11530
*AV® peer-reiview rated attorney (highest rating available): “An AV ® Rating signifies that the lawyer has reached the heights of professional excellence... Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of bar members and the judiciary, and attest to the individual lawyer's legal ability and adherence to accepted professional standards of ethics.” Martindale-Hubbell (http://www.martindale.com/ratings_explanation). CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
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