Robert D. Klausner, Esquire

Robert Klausner is the principal in the law firm of Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson. After two years in local government service, he has been engaged in the private practice of law, specializing in the representation of public employee pension funds since 1979. He serves as a consultant on retirement issues to numerous state and local government entities. Mr. Klausner has appeared as an expert witness before congressional and state legislative committees on a variety of issues facing public employee retirement systems. Since 1987, he has been an adjunct professor of labor and industrial relations at Nova University Center for the Study of Law. Mr. Klausner has spent considerable time as a lobbyist in various state capitals on pension bills and assisted in the authorship of many of the current statutory provisions governing public employee retirement systems in the State of Florida. Mr. Klausner is a frequent speaker on pension education programs and has also published numerous articles on fiduciary obligations of public employee pension trustees. He is co-author and contributing editor of the book State and Local Government Liability, published by the West Group in 1997. Mr. Klausner is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Florida Blue Key, and is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and holds the degree of juris doctor from the University of Florida College of Law. He has been married to Kathy for 26 years and they have four daughters.

Current Employment Position(s):

Principal

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1977
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
Juris Doctor
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
Honors: Florida Blue Key
University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Political Science

Published Works:

Co-author: State and Local Government Liability, West Group, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor, Nova University Center for the Study of Law
Employment Law, Graduate School of the New York Institute of Technology Center for Labor and Employment Relations
American Bar Association CLE Programs
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems

Honors and Awards:

Listed in the Current Edition of "The Best Lawyers in America"

Pro Bono Activities:

President and Trustee, Temple Beth Emet
Trustee, Jewish Community Center