Representative Cases
Bar Admissions
- Maryland, 1975
- New Jersey, 1976
- Louisiana, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York
- LL.M. (Taxation) - 1980
- University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
- J.D.
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Joseph Berstein Prize
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Review: University of Maryland Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor, 1973 - 1975
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.
- B.S. - 1972
- Honors: With High Honors
- Honors: Beta Alpha Psi
- Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma
- Major: Accounting
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers in America since 2007 with special designations, during 2015 or a prior year, in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Franchise Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Trusts and Estates, Litigation and Controversy - Tax Non-Profit / Charities Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, 2007-2015
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2015
- Chambers and Partners 2004 - 2014 USA Rankings in Louisiana, Corporate/M&A: Tax (Band 1) – Key Individuals: “Steven Klein of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert LLC is a well-regarded tax lawyer based in New Orleans. Commentators particularly praise his federal taxation practice, and note his knowledge of Subchapter S laws.”
- Top 50 Louisiana Super Lawyers, 2008 and 2012
- American College of Tax Counsel, Fellow
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, S Corporations Committee, Chairman, 2002 - 2004
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Member, 1981 - 2003
- Business Entities (Warren Gorham & Lamont), Board of Advisors and Department Heads, 1999 - 2003
- Journal of S Corporation Taxation (Warren Gorham & Lamont), Board of Advisors and Contributors, 1995 - 1999
Past Employment Positions
- Internal Revenue Service-District Counsel, Attorney, 1975 - 1980
- McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., Member, 1981 - 1998
See Library Tab for articles, publications and presentations by Steven Klein
Published Works
- Klein, Monahan, Louisiana Limited Liability, Company-Forms and Practice Manual (Data Trace), 2d ed., 2001
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (Warren Gorham & Lamont), Vol.5, No.1, 2003
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 4, No. 5, 2002
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 4, No. 3, 2002
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2002
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 3, No. 5, 2001
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G &L), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2001
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 3, No. 1, 2001
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 2, No. 5, 2000
- Klein, Proposed Regulations Expand LIFO Recapture but Fail to Address Technical Issues, Journal of S Corporation Taxation, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1994
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol. 2, No. 3, 2000
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol.2, No.1, 2000
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol.1, No.5, 1999
- Klein, Looney, Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol.1, No.3, 1999
- Klein, Kulish, Looney, McNulty Current Developments, Business Entities (W, G & L), Vol.1, No.1, 1999
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Natural Resources Taxation, Tulane University, 1989 - 2000
- The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003: Effects on S Corporation, American Bar Association. Tax Section meeting, S Corporations Committee, 2000
- Coggins Automotive Corporation: Is LIFO Recapture a Dead Letter?, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 2003
- Subchapter S Modernization Act of 2001, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 2002
- Special Considerations in Taxable and Non-Taxable Acquisitions Involving S Corporations, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 2002
- IRS Position on Back-to-Back Loans and Similar Financing Structures, S Corporation Election for Limited Partnerships and Changes in Tax Years Prior to S Corporation Elections, American Bar Association, Tax Section, S Corporations Committee, 2000
- The Temporary Section 338 Regulations-Effects on S Corporations, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 2000
- Current Topics-S Corporations, Louisiana State Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, 1999
- Taxable Dispositions of S Corporations-Issues and Planning Techniques, Including Section 338 (h)(10) Elections, Taxable Pooling Transactions, Installment Sales Reporting, and Use of QSubs, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 1999
- Tax Free Spin Offs by S Corporations-A Primer, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 1999
- Federal Income Taxation of Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries and Single-Member LLCs, Including Their Use in Acquisitions, American Bar Association, Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 1999
- S Corporations-Current Developments, Tulane Tax Institute, 1998
- Final Continuity of Interest Regulations-Special S Corporation Considerations, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 1998
- Topical Issues under SBJPA and TRA '97-Relief for Inadvertent Invalid Elections and Late Elections, Self-Employment Tax Aspects of S Corporations vs. Partnerships and LLCs, and Miscellaneous Issue, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, 1998
- Using S Corporations in International Transactions, American Bar Association, Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, October 2000, 2000
- S Corporations and International Transactions, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, Tax Section Programs, August, 1997
- Divorce of the S Corporation Shareholder- Effect of 1041 Transfers on Suspended Losses and Other Issues, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, August 1997
- Conducting International Activities Through Partnerships, LLCs and C Subsidiaries, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, S Corporations Committee, May 1997
- Planning For S Corporations After the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, American Bar Association Tax Section Meeting, Tax Section Programs, January 1997