Lance H. Klein

Labor Relations & Employment Law
Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
Municipal Law
Insurance Defense and Civil Rights

Lance Klein has been practicing management-side labor and employment law for the past 30 years. On behalf of Keane & Beane, he serves as Labor Counsel to various municipalities, as well as private and publicly held corporations, throughout the Hudson Valley, attending to matters including collective bargaining with unions, employee discipline, grievance hearings and arbitrations. He has extensive experience in both state and federal courts, having successfully tried numerous cases in both venues. Mr. Klein has litigated a wide range of employment discrimination and retaliation cases, including claims brought under federal civil rights statutes, such as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VII, Title IX and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Mr. Klein also practices in the defense of police misconduct, excessive force, malicious prosecution and false arrest on behalf of insurers and their insureds.

Mr. Klein provides counsel and training to clients in a wide array of labor and employment issues, including disability, retirement, wage and hour laws as well as regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. He has conducted various employment related investigations including employee misconduct, sexual harassment and harassment claims.  Mr. Klein routinely represents clients in arbitrations held pursuant to the rules of the New York State Public Employment Relations Board and the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Klein also serves as labor counsel to Police Chiefs Association of Rockland County and the Mid-Hudson Association Chiefs of Police.

Mr. Klein joined Keane & Beane in 1993 after serving as in-house counsel for a large real estate developer.

• State and Federal Courts of New York
• State and Federal Courts of New Jersey

• Federal Bar Council
• New York State Bar Association (Member, Federal and Commercial Litigation Section; Member, Labor and Employment Law Section)
• New York State Public  Employer Labor Relations Association
• Westchester County Bar Association

Mr. Klein is a frequent lecturer on numerous labor law topics to various bar associations, private education foundations and law school continuing legal education classes.

• 1990, J.D., Brooklyn Law School
• 1987, B.A., State University of New York at Albany