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Kathleen  A.   Kleiman

Kathleen A. Kleiman Member

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(319) 896-4027 (319) 366-1917 kkleiman@spmblaw.com Cedar Rapids, IA
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(319) 896-4001 jattere@spmblaw.com

Practice Area

  • Business Transactions and Counseling
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
  • Startups and Emerging Companies

Bar Admissions

  • State of Iowa, 1997
  • State of Illinois, 1988

Education

  • The Yale Law School, JD, 1988
  • University of Iowa, BBA, with highest distinction, 1985

Clerkship

  • US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Law Clerk to Judge Walter Cummings

Kathleen Kleiman provides counsel to businesses in all aspects of commercial transactions. Having nearly 30 years of experience, Ms. Kleiman is well versed on the variety and complexity of issues relating to initial business structure, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, equity incentive plans and securities issues.

Prior Employment

  • De La Rue Systems Americas, Cedar Rapids, IA, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • Unitrin, Inc., Chicago, IL, Corporate Counsel
  • Helene Curtis, Inc., Chicago, IL, Corporate Counsel
  • Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, Associate, Tax Department

Kathleen Kleiman provides counsel to businesses in all aspects of commercial transactions. Having nearly 30 years of experience, Ms. Kleiman is well versed on the variety and complexity of issues relating to initial business structure, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, equity incentive plans and securities issues.

Prior Employment

  • De La Rue Systems Americas, Cedar Rapids, IA, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • Unitrin, Inc., Chicago, IL, Corporate Counsel
  • Helene Curtis, Inc., Chicago, IL, Corporate Counsel
  • Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, Associate, Tax Department

"I have worked on a technical and complicated matter with her (Kathleen), that also had high stakes implications for the client. She is an outstanding lawyer." -- Martindale-Hubbell®

Honors & Awards

  • Included in the Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" list in Cedar Rapids, 2017-2019
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2019
    • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2018
    • Corporate Law, 2017
  • Included in the Best Lawyers in America® list, 2020
    • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Included in Great Plains Super Lawyers list, 2018 & 2019
  • AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®

Professional & Community Affiliations

Professional Memberships

  • Iowa State Bar Association
    • Corporate Counsel Law Section
    • Business Law Section
  • Linn County Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Entrepreneurial Development Center
    • Former Board of Directors and Chair
  • Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
    • Board of Directors
  • Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce's Leadership for Five Seasons Graduate, 2000
  • Xavier High School Foundation Business Appeal, Former Chair
  • Linn Area BizPac, Former Member, Board of Directors
  • Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Former Member, Board of Directors
  • Brucemore, Former Member, Board of Trustees
  • Miracles in Motion, Former Member, Board of Directors
  • St. Luke's Health Care Foundation, Former Member, Board of Directors

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