Alan Klinger, Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner and Chair of its Government Affairs and Regulatory Support Group, oversees the firm’s representation of clients that interact with the various levels of federal, state and city government. In this role, he leads the firm’s representation of public sector unions and employee benefits funds. Formerly Co-Chair of the Litigation Group, he continues to represents parties in complex civil litigation and has a proven track record of achieving successful results, whether through negotiation or litigation.
Alan provides outside counsel to, among others, the United Federation of Teachers, Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, DC 37, Council of School Supervisors & Administrators and New York City Employees Union Local 237 Funds. He also regularly represents the New York City Municipal Labor Committee, a consortium of the City’s municipal unions, in major litigation and amici curiae filings. Alan also acts as pro bono counsel to the Association of State Supreme Court Justices. His government relations work involves representing clients in administrative proceedings, health care and land use.
Alan has been recognized by Chambers USA as an authority in Labor & Employment for his leading role in the representation of public sector unions. He is nationally ranked in The Legal 500 and is perennially highly ranked in City & State’s “Law Power 100” and Benchmark Litigation has named him a “Labor & Employment and Litigation Star” since 2017. Long recognized by Best Lawyers for his work in multiple areas of litigation, including labor & employment, ERISA and land use & zoning, Alan has also been ranked in Super Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer and co-author on issues relating to labor law and collective bargaining, along with attorney-client privilege/work product doctrine. He has also served as an adjunct professor of civil procedure.
A source reported to Chambers, "Alan is strategic and nuanced, and uses his experience and broad connections in the areas of labor relations and local government to find the best path forward in any situation." Another reported, "Alan is an excellent attorney with great personal and legal skills. He has a breadth of legal experience and knowledge."
Alan is the recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Edward Brodsky Founder’s Award for the New York Region as well as having received the Lawyers Alliance for New York’s “Cornerstone Award” for outstanding pro bono legal service for his work on behalf of children. Alan is the Chair for the ADL's New York/New Jersey Region and Co-Chair of its Lawyers Division along with being a National Commissioner for its parent body. He also serves as a trustee of the NYU School of Law Foundation, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Partnership with Children, Inc.
Among his many successful cases, Alan has:
Alan is a frequent lecturer and co-author on issues relating to labor law and attorney-client privilege/work product doctrine.
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1981; Editor-in-Chief, Moot Court Board, 1980–1981
A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1978
Clerk, Justice Sidney Schreiber, New Jersey Supreme Court
Alan Klinger, Stroock’s Co-Managing Partner and Chair of its Government Affairs and Regulatory Support Group, oversees the firm’s representation of clients that interact with the various levels of federal, state and city government. In this role, he leads the firm’s representation of public sector unions and employee benefits funds. Formerly Co-Chair of the Litigation Group, he continues to represents parties in complex civil litigation and has a proven track record of achieving successful results, whether through negotiation or litigation.
Alan provides outside counsel to, among others, the United Federation of Teachers, Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, DC 37, Council of School Supervisors & Administrators and New York City Employees Union Local 237 Funds. He also regularly represents the New York City Municipal Labor Committee, a consortium of the City’s municipal unions, in major litigation and amici curiae filings. Alan also acts as pro bono counsel to the Association of State Supreme Court Justices. His government relations work involves representing clients in administrative proceedings, health care and land use.
Alan has been recognized by Chambers USA as an authority in Labor & Employment for his leading role in the representation of public sector unions. He is nationally ranked in The Legal 500 and is perennially highly ranked in City & State’s “Law Power 100” and Benchmark Litigation has named him a “Labor & Employment and Litigation Star” since 2017. Long recognized by Best Lawyers for his work in multiple areas of litigation, including labor & employment, ERISA and land use & zoning, Alan has also been ranked in Super Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer and co-author on issues relating to labor law and collective bargaining, along with attorney-client privilege/work product doctrine. He has also served as an adjunct professor of civil procedure.
A source reported to Chambers, "Alan is strategic and nuanced, and uses his experience and broad connections in the areas of labor relations and local government to find the best path forward in any situation." Another reported, "Alan is an excellent attorney with great personal and legal skills. He has a breadth of legal experience and knowledge."
Alan is the recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Edward Brodsky Founder’s Award for the New York Region as well as having received the Lawyers Alliance for New York’s “Cornerstone Award” for outstanding pro bono legal service for his work on behalf of children. Alan is the Chair for the ADL's New York/New Jersey Region and Co-Chair of its Lawyers Division along with being a National Commissioner for its parent body. He also serves as a trustee of the NYU School of Law Foundation, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Partnership with Children, Inc.
Among his many successful cases, Alan has:
Alan is a frequent lecturer and co-author on issues relating to labor law and attorney-client privilege/work product doctrine.
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1981; Editor-in-Chief, Moot Court Board, 1980–1981
A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1978
Clerk, Justice Sidney Schreiber, New Jersey Supreme Court