Marc H. Klein
Partner

Overview
Marc Klein is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office, where he represents employers in all aspects of employment and labor law, and employment-based and business immigration law. Mr. Klein's practice focuses on counseling clients on day-to-day personnel matters, handling administrative proceedings and investigations before federal and state governmental agencies, and representing management in employment litigation, including claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful discharge.
In addition, Mr. Klein advises management on compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), provides strategic immigration-related guidance and risk analysis in connection with corporate transactions (including assessment of employment eligibility and formulating pathways to ensure employees may continue working lawfully without interruption), develops successful approaches so multinational companies may lawfully transfer executives, managers and specialized-knowledge personnel to the United States, and prepares nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions for foreign national employees. Mr. Klein also represents foreign investors who desire to reside temporarily in the United States or seek U.S. permanent resident status and lawful permanent residents who wish to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
Mr. Klein is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He previously served as a chairman and member on the Labor and Employment Law Advisory Commission for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.
- Duke University, B.S., magna cum laude
- Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Board of Directors, 2003-2012, 2014-2023; Secretary, 2010-2012; Board of Trustees, 1999-2003
- Dallas Children's Museum, Board of Directors, 2002-2006
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- State Bar of Texas, Labor and Employment Law Section; Immigration Law Section
- Dallas Bar Association, Employment Law Section
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Employment Law-Management, 2016-2025
- Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2008, 2013-2024
- Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Immigration, 2018, 2021
- Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2004-2005