Kathleen A. Kleiman Member
Contact Information
Practice Area
- Business Transactions and Counseling
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Startups and Emerging Companies
- Banking and Finance
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
Honors & Awards
- Included in the Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" list in Cedar Rapids, 2017-2019, 2021-2023
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2022
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2021
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2019
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, 2018
- Corporate Law, 2017, 2023
- Included in the Best Lawyers in America® list, 2025
- 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®
- "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®
- "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."
Professional & Community Affiliations
Professional Memberships
- Iowa State Bar Association
- Corporate Counsel Law Section
- Business Law Section
- Linn County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Board of Directors
- Entrepreneurial Development Center, Former Board of Directors and Chair
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- 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
News & Events
2024
2023
2022
- Kathleen Kleiman Recognized by Best Lawyers® as 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Corporate Law, 09/26/2022
- Kathleen Kleiman Included in Best Lawyers in America® 2023, 08/19/2022
2021
2020