Consumer Protection, Civil Rights, Gun Safety Regulation and Complex Litigation.
GKleinConsulting provides expert witness and consulting services to law firms, non-profit organizations, consumers and businesses. Its principal, Gary Klein, is a nationally known attorney with decades of experience in consumer protection, civil rights, class action practice and regulation of firearms.
Mr. Klein is currently a consultant to Greater Boston Legal Services on its major litigation projects. He is also a research fellow at the Violence Policy Center in Washington, DC. Past clients include Everytown Law, White and Williams, and Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP.
His past work includes successful class actions challenging the practices of many major banks, finance companies, car manufacturers and other businesses. His cases have returned nearly a billion dollars in benefits to consumers and have resulted in more than 50,000 home mortgage loan modifications, preventing innumerable foreclosures on American families. He has written on many topics and, in various capacities, has drafted numerous regulations as well as parts of the Bankruptcy Code and other federal laws.
In addition to his background as a consumer protection advocate and litigator, Mr. Klein is a longstanding advocate for gun safety regulation. The Violence Policy Center recently published his reports on the importance of state initiatives to reduce gun violence: 50 State Actions to Reduce Gun Violence, and on the the need for regulatory oversight of gun safety: Misfire: The Gun Industry’s Lack of Accountability for Defective Firearms. As a former Assistant Attorney General in Massachusetts, Mr. Klein was responsible for overseeing civil enforcement of the Commonwealth’s Assault Weapons ban and other gun safety laws.
Mr. Klein is also the main author and editor of Shattered — The Gun Accident Journal, a daily record of unintentional shootings. The journal augments published data on unintended shootings by providing stories that illustrate the tragic consequences of inattention to gun safety. There are now more than 1000 reports in the journal archive.
Mr. Klein’s recent article on the failure of consumer product safety oversight of guns is available here.
Contact
➤ LOCATION
Medford, Massachusetts
☎ CONTACT
gary@gkleinconsulting.net
617-651-3650
Areas of Practice
Consumer Protection
Mr. Klein has an unparalleled background in all aspects of consumer advocacy including litigation, regulation, education and government investigations. He is an expert on mortgage law, auto lending practices, gun safety regulation, products liability and bankruptcy.
Gun Regulation and Compliance
At the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Mr. Klein had a leadership role in regulating and enforcing Massachusetts gun laws, including the Commonwealth’s Assault Weapons ban. He has been deeply involved in gun safety, suicide prevention measures and preventing illegal transfers of guns.
CIVIL RIGHTS
Mr. Klein has worked as a litigator, consultant and expert witness on data-driven civil rights matters, including disparities in mortgage lending rates and auto loan terms. He has also investigated all aspects of equality of access to housing and consumer credit.
Gaming Regulation and COmpliance
As an Assistant Attorney General, Mr. Klein drafted first of their kind consumer protections to regulate the daily fantasy sports industry. He is an expert in developing and enforcing fairness rules and other consumer protections for internet gaming.
CLASS ACTION AND COMPLEX LITIGATION
Mr. Klein has been appointed by many courts to lead multidistrict litigation on issues including mortgage origination and servicing practices, products liability, and access to credit. In those cases and others, he has innovated a variety of efficient and effective e-discovery techniques.
Settlement Monitoring
Mr. Klein has a long background in drafting and enfocing effective settlement terms to protect against future business compliance failures. He has implemented, monitored and enforced settlements that have become industry standard on issues including fair lending practices, mortgage servicing, auto lending and debt collection.
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