Alan M. Klinger is Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner, serves on the firm’s Operating Executive Committee and chairs its Legal Personnel Committee. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation. He counsels a diverse range of both public sector and private business clients on a variety of matters, including labor and employment law, real estate and land use and healthcare. He is integrally involved in the firm’s representation of public employee unions and health care facilities. Clients benefit tremendously from Mr. Klinger’s ability to achieve successful results, whether through negotiation or litigation.

Mr. Klinger has served as an adjunct professor of civil procedure. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Klinger clerked for Justice Sidney Schreiber of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Among his many successful cases, Mr. Klinger has:

On behalf of public employee unions, successfully arbitrated contract impasse proceedings before the New York State Public Employment Relations Board and the New York City Office of Collective Bargaining; prevailed against the City in scoping and contract enforcement proceedings; obtained a judgment against the City and related governmental entities to enforce statutorily mandated inspection and repair of public premises; successfully brought suit against retirement system and governmental entities accomplishing change in method for computation of retirement benefits and submitted amicus briefs on behalf of labor unions in issues of public import.

On behalf of an educational institution, prevailed in litigation that allowed the school to take down buildings to construct a new law center in the face of challenges to attorney general review and approval and claims of landmark status.

On behalf of high-profile client owning renowned New York City nightclubs, defeated City claims that nightclubs were operated as a public nuisance; prevailed against State Liquor Authority attempts to suspend liquor license summarily; obtained court order compelling City Department of Consumer Affairs to issue cabaret license. Negotiated settlement of prior nuisance abatement proceedings commenced by the City on terms favorable to the client, allowing club to reopen with minimal disruption.

Enabled client to form a professional affiliation with major hospital by defeating challenge of rival hospital. As counsel to hospital, successfully defended award of government contract to client.

Successfully represented physicians and clinical laboratories in regulatory proceedings commenced by the State Department of Health and Office of Professional Medical Conduct.

Memberships

Association of the Bar of the City of New York: Member, Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1997-2000;

Member, Council on Judicial Administration, 1992-1995;

Member, Municipal Affairs Committee, 1989-1991;

New York State Bar Association: Member, Federal Courts Committee, 1987-1991;

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Federal Bar Council

Activities

Recipient, Lawyers Alliance for New York’s Cornerstone Award for outstanding pro bono legal service for work on behalf of Partnership with Children, Inc., 2007

Co-author, "Practice Before the Commercial Division," Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Chapter 31 supplement to the second edition with Judge Brian Cogan, U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York;

Editor, Stroock Reports: Public Employee Law - quarterly developments on issues relevant to public sector unions;

Frequent Lecturer and Co-author on issues relating to attorney-client privilege/work product doctrine and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, American Law Institute-American Bar Association;

Speaker, Panel on Ethics for Newly Admitted Attorneys, First Department, Appellate Division;

Director, Partnership with Children, Inc., a not-for-profit entity that assists in strengthening the emotional, social and cognitive skills of at-risk children;

Trustee, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a non partisan, non profit organization created by President Kennedy that seeks to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law;

Co-author, Recent Developments in Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine, ALI-ABA Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts (2001);

Co-author, Civil RICO: Plaintiff’s Tactics and Strategy, RICO: Civil and Criminal Law and Strategy, Law Journal SeminarsPress, 1990;

Co-author, Civil RICO: The State of the Law, Broker-Dealer Institute, Practising Law Institute, 1989

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1982

New Jersey, 1982

U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, 1982

District of New Jersey, 1982

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1985

U.S. Supreme Court, 1989

Education

J.D., New York University, 1981; Editor-in-Chief, Moot Court Board, 1980-1981

A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1978