Background
Klein, Robert Dale was born on July 29, 1951 in Baltimore. Son of James Robert and Madeline Margaret (Horak) Klein.
Klein, Robert Dale was born on July 29, 1951 in Baltimore. Son of James Robert and Madeline Margaret (Horak) Klein.
Student, University Durham, England, 1971—1972. Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1976.
Associate Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, 1976-1984, partner, 1984-1987. Shareholder Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut Klein, PA, Annapolis, since 1987. Member Product Liability Advisory Council, chairman rules of procedure and practice committee, 1991-1998, executive committee, 1997-2000.
Chairman Standing Committee Rules Practice and Procedure Court Appeals Maryland, 1992-1994, member, since 1994. Maryland State Bar Association (chairman product liability committee litigaton section 1991-1995). Baltimore City Bar Association (chairman committee on long range planning 1986-1987, chairman product liability law committee 1987-1988, chairman special committee on video 1983-1984, chairman standing committee on public relations 1984-1986).
Maryland Defense Counsel (board directors 1984-1991, vice president 1985-1986, president 1986-1987, chairman product liability Law Committee 1989-1991. Anne Arundel County Bar Association. District of Columbia Bar Association.
Defense Research Institute.
"Old Products - The Admissibility of State of the Art Evidence in Product Liability Actions," 9 Journal of Products Liability 233, 1986. "Caps in the Hat - Legislative Lids on Runaway Verdicts," For the Defense, July 1986. Co-Author: "Comparative Fault in Maryland: The Time Has Come," 41 University of Maryland Law Review 275, 1982."Maryland Civil Procedure Forms: Practice," 2 vols. Maryland Legal Publishers, 1984.
Lay corporator St. Andrew Bay Roman Catholic Church, since 2006. Paralegal studies advisory board Stevenson University, Villa Julie College, since 1984. Board directors, president American Foundation University Durham, Inc., since 1992.
Member Product Liability Advisory Council, Standing Committee Rules of Practice and Procedure Court Appeals Maryland (chairman 1992-1994, ), Maryland State Bar Association (chairman product liability committee litigaton section 1991-1995), Maryland Defense Counsel (board directors 1984-1991, vice president 1985-1986, president 1986-1987, chairman product liability law committee 1989-1991), Anne Arundel County Bar Association. District of Columbia Bar Association, Defense Research Institute (Exceptional Performance award 1987). Chi Phi (secretary Beta chapter).
Nashville Songwriters Association International, American Society Composers, Authors and Public.
Married Patricia Kay Purvis, May 6, 1978. Children: Morgan Elizabeth, Patrick Jameson, Evan Robert.