Professional Bio

Spencer D. Klein (B.A. in political science, 1986; J.D., Hofstra University, 1989) is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm’s global Mergers and Acquisitions group. He is also a special professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law and chairs the Hofstra Law Review Alumni School Dean’s Advisory Board.

A former chair of the Board of Visitors for the Department of Political Science, Klein and his wife, Andrea, established a trustee scholarship in the college to honor his late father, a Holocaust survivor.