THE KLEIN LAW GROUP CRE, PLLC
Proudly Serving Clients since 1989
Meet Our Legal Team
Edward E. Klein
Founder and Managing partner
Edward E. Klein is the Founding and Managing Partner of The Klein Law Group CRE, PLLC.
An authority in the development, financing, sale, leasing and purchase of commercial and multi-family properties, Mr. Klein specializes in negotiating commercial and residential leases, sale-leaseback transactions, joint venture and partnership agreements, tax investments, zoning and land use issues and commercial real estate transactional litigation. He is also an expert in facilitating financing for clients.
Prior to the establishment of The Klein Law Group, Mr. Klein founded Klein & Solomon in 1996. He had previously been a partner at Salon, Marrow & Dyckman. Earlier in his career, he was associated with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Mr. Klein conducts seminars on commercial real estate issues for property owners and management firms. These seminars are widely attended by the firm’s clients and their employees.
Mr. Klein serves on the attorney review board for the New York City Bar Association’s Legal Referral Service and, despite his hectic professional schedule, has made giving back a priority in his life. For his philanthropic efforts, he has been honored by many nonprofit organizations, including Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Congregation Beth Jacob and the Center for Russian Return/Kehilas Moreshes Yaakov.
EDUCATION
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Queens College, B.A. 1978. (Political Science )
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Columbia University School of Law. J.D. 1981
Honors:
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Associate Editor of the Human Rights Law Review at Columbia University
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Phi Beta Kappa at Queens College, City University of New York
BAR ADMISSIONS
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State of New York, 1982
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1983
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1983
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United States Supreme Court, 1997
Publications:
Pleading Alter Ego Liability in Commercial Lease Disputes
New York Law Journal -November 09, 2021 Co-Author
Efrem Z. Fischer
Senior Counsel
Efrem Z. Fischer is a Senior Counsel with The Klein Law Group CRE, PLLC.
Mr. Fischer practices in the areas of commercial landlord tenant litigation and complex commercial litigation. Additionally, Mr. Fischer has developed an extensive knowledge in a broad range of commercial litigation areas, including contract law, debtor/creditor rights, fraudulent conveyances and construction law.
Prior to joining The Klein Law Group, Mr. Fischer served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York and was an associate with several boutique law firms located in New York where he gained substantial real estate litigation experience while representing commercial real estate developers and landlords in New York. Mr. Fischer’s experience has produced both complex settlements and favorable court decisions.
EDUCATION
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Yeshiva University, B.A. 1993. (Economics)
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. J.D. 1996
Honors:
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David Berg Scholar at Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
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Research Editor for the Cardozo Women’s Law Journal
BAR ADMISSIONS
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State of New York, 1997
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State of New Jersey, 1996
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1997
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York,1997
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998
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United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1996
Publications:
The Limits of the Scrivener’s Error Doctrine Regarding Lease Drafting Mistakes
New York Law Journal -October 06, 2022
Pleading Alter Ego Liability in Commercial Lease Disputes
New York Law Journal -November 09, 2021 Co-Author
New York Law Journal -June 14, 2021
New York Law Journal -August 28, 2019
Child Care: The Forgotten Tax Deduction,
3 Cardozo Women’s LJ 113 (1996).
Martin H. Gelber
Of-Counsel
Mr. Gelber handles a wide range of practice areas, including commercial leasing, real estate financing and corporate law, specializing in business acquisition, financing and ongoing corporate representation.
Mr. Gelber gained invaluable experience at the law firms of Feit & Ahrens, a premier leveraged buyout firm which merged into Proskaeuer Rose, and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, where he was an associate in the mergers and acquisitions group.
Mr. Gelber’s expertise also extends to drafting employment, consulting, loan, security, subordination, pledge, intercreditor, joint venture, shareholder, operating and partnership agreements. He has crafted contracts ranging from HMO-Provider agreements and satellite licensing to manufacturing, licensing and distribution agreements.
Mr. Gelber is the recipient of the American Judicature Society Award for Academic Excellence and the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in Contracts.
EDUCATION
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Yeshiva University, B.A. 1977. (Biology)
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New York University School of Law. J.D. 1980
Honors:
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Phi Beta Kappa at Yeshiva University and NYU
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Associate Editor of the Review of Law and Social Change at Yeshiva University
BAR ADMISSIONS
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State of New York, 1982
Stacy F. Sperka
Of-Counsel
Stacy F. Sperka is Of Counsel to The Klein Law Group CRE, PLLC.
Ms. Sperka specializes in commercial and retail leasing, with substantial experience in representing tenants in shopping center leases. She has structured, drafted and negotiated real estate transactions for privately held corporations as well as publicly-held restaurant franchises. In addition, Ms. Sperka assisted in completing the more than 80 Foot Locker leases for its nationwide “Street Leasing” programs.
Previously associated with two law firms in Los Angeles, Loeb and Loeb and Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman and Silverman,
EDUCATION
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Northwestern University, B.A. 1986. (Major in Political Science and a Minor in Spanish)
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Georgetown University Law Center. J.D. 1989
BAR ADMISSIONS
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State of New York, 1994
Christine Hurley
Paralegal
Christine Hurley is a paralegal with The Klein Law Group CRE, PLLC.
Ms. Hurley has been a Paralegal with The Klein Law Group for more than 21 years. She has handled thousands of commercial landlord tenant matters along with dozens of small claims and civil court claims against recalcitrant tenants. She works hands-on to facilitate quick action on many of our landlord-tenant matters.
EDUCATION
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The Sobelsohn School. Paralegal Certificate. 1999.