Daniel Klein is an associate in the Litigation Department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Mr. Klein received his JD, with high honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2006, where he was an associate editor of The Review of Litigation and a member of the National Moot Court Team. While at the University of Texas, Mr. Klein was inducted into the Order of the Chancellors, and, upon graduation was elected to the Order of the Coif. After graduation, Mr. Klein clerked for Judge Gerald B. Tjolfat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Mr. Klein earned his BA, in History and Political Science, from the University of Kansas in 2001. Mr. Klein graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with departmental honors in both subjects, and University honors. Mr. Klein's senior History honors thesis received the George Anderson Award for best thesis.
Mr. Klein served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1997 to 2007. After graduating from law school, Mr. Klein served as an intelligence analyst in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he received a Joint Service Commendation Medal and a letter of commendation from the Central Intelligence Agency.