About Klein Legal and Mediation Center

Klein Legal and Mediation Center was founded on the idea that there is a better way to help people with their legal disputes. We believe in finding peaceful and productive ways to resolve disputes and we want to provide a positive and memorable experience to everyone we work with. We recognize that we, as practitioners, are accustomed to working within the legal system, but that it can be very confusing, scary, and intimidating for people in the midst of a lawsuit or legal dispute. We focus on good communication, responsiveness, and working with our participants to find sensible and workable solutions to those concerns.

OUR STAFF:

Jeff Klein
Mediator – Attorney

Jeff is a facilitative mediator and estate planning attorney who received his JD from Wayne State University Law School and his initial mediation training through Resolution Services Center of Central Michigan, where he completed the SCAO-approved General Civil Mediation Training program. He is also an adjunct professor of Business Law at the Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business at Bowling Green State University. In addition to private mediations, Jeff serves as a volunteer mediator for the Wayne County Dispute Resolution Center and Resolution Services Center of Central Michigan. He has been an attorney since 2003, practicing as an estate planner, corporate litigator, and a compliance attorney. He is currently a member of the State Bar of Michigan Professional Ethics Committee and the Character and Fitness District Committee, as well as its Probate and Estate Planning, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and LGBTQA Law sections. Jeff is a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He has also served as a member of the Oakland County Inns of Court and as a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Bar Leadership Liaison Committee. He has significant experience in estate planning and various aspects of business law, including contracts, property, banking law, entertainment law, and finance and mortgage law, and general business matters.

During law school, Jeff was a law clerk for the Honorable Denise Langford-Morris in the Oakland County Circuit Court. He has spent time teaching and conducting research at the University of Pittsburgh where he has researched, presented on, and been published on legal issues in music; specifically, the right of publicity and sound regulation and abatement. At Wayne State University Law School, he was a member of the moot court team and was the inaugural State of Michigan Moot Court Competition champion. In addition to his law degree, Jeff holds bachelor degrees from Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University, plus graduate degrees from Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh (ABD). He is committed to the peaceful and amicable resolution of disputes.