Richard A. Klass

Probate, Mediation
16 Court Street, 35th Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11241


Probate

Admitted

1992, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1993, New Jersey and U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Law School

New York Law School, J.D., 1992

Law School Graduation Year

1992

College

Hofstra University, B.A., 1989

Memberships

Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 2000); Brooklyn Bar Association (Chair, Speakers Bureau Committee, 1999-2001; Vice Chair, Family Law Section, 1999-2000; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2001; Former Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1998); New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 2000-2002; Member, Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practice, 2001); Commercial Law League of America; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biographical

Alpha Epsilon Pi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Conflict of Laws, 1992. Author: Article on New York CPLR (Civil Practice Law and Rules) Update, Brooklyn Barrister, April 1998. Commentator on: Foreclosure Auction of O.J. Simpson's Mansion, Fox Newschannel, July 1997. Instructor on: The role of an attorney in starting your own business, Council of Jewish Organizations, 1995-1996; What a Real Estate Broker Needs to Know About a Co-op Contract of Sale, New Cooperator Show, 2000. Lecturer on: How to start your own law practice, Brooklyn Bar Association, Fall 1997 and Spring 1999; Collections and Enforcement of Money Judgments, New York County Lawyers Association, 1999. Arbitrator, Small Claims Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Kings. Mentor, New York County Lawyers Association Group Mentoring Program. Pro Bono Counsel, Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project. Secretary to Board of Directors, Congregation B'nai Avraham.

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