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About Gary Klein
Gary R. Klein is a partner and managing attorney at Weitz & Luxenberg, where he has practiced since joining the firm after earning his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1988. He focuses on personal injury and malpractice litigation and is known for combining broad legal knowledge with hands-on client service. Klein is admitted in New Jersey, New York, and before U.S. District Courts in New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is active in the American Association for Justice, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Weitz & Luxenberg
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As co-lead counsel in the federal Roundup multidistrict litigation and the first firm to sue Monsanto in 2015, Weitz and Luxenberg helped negotiate a $10.9 billion settlement resolving approximately 125,000 non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims against Bayer-owned Monsanto.
Ellen Relkin served as court-appointed co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the DePuy ASR hip implant MDL, helping negotiate a $2.5 billion settlement for roughly 8,000 patients who required revision surgery after the metal-on-metal device failed.
A New York County jury awarded $117 million to William Durbec and his wife Victoria in May 2025, the largest single-plaintiff asbestos verdict in New York State history, after Durbec developed pleural mesothelioma from asbestos-containing fireproofing he breathed during years of sheet metal work at the original World Trade Center.
A NYCAL jury awarded Romeo Maffei $38 million after finding boiler manufacturer Burnham LLC 85% liable for his asbestos-caused lung cancer, despite his 40-year smoking history.
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