Adam Kleinberg - Adjunct Professor of Law

akleinbe@tourolaw.edu

Education
B.A., University at Albany
J.D., Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center 

Education Law

Adam I. Kleinberg is a partner in the firm of Guercio & Guercio, LLP. He also serves as the Chair of the firm’s litigation department. He is admitted to the bars of the State of New York and New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is an officer of the Federal Bar Association’s Eastern District chapter, has served as a Trustee of the Half Hollow Hills Central School District Board of Education since 2015, and is an Adjunct Professor at Touro Law Center.

Adam routinely serves as defense counsel to municipalities, school districts, police departments, and private corporations in employment, civil rights, contract, and tort matters throughout New York State. He regularly defends claims brought under the United States Constitution, the New York State Human Rights Law, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He also handles complex commercial, land use, and zoning matters, and serves as an independent investigator into alleged violations of anti-discrimination laws and workplace policies.

Adam’s victories have been featured on the front page of the New York Law Journal. He has been a guest speaker at various seminars for insurance professionals and defense attorneys and has been published in the New York State Bar Association’s Municipal Lawyer Journal. He also serves as general and litigation counsel to various private companies in the construction, manufacturing, hospitality, supermarket, and security industries, handling contract matters, labor issues, and administrative hearings. He has helped clients successfully resolve wage underpayment investigations, prosecute and defend commercial litigation matters, and represents them in corporate transactions.

Adam has extensive experience in the defense of errors and omissions claims, having defended complex malpractice claims brought against insurance brokers, designers, real estate brokers, property managers, and property associations. He is also an experienced insurance coverage litigator, representing insurers and policyholders in declaratory judgment actions seeking a declaration as to policy obligations.