Mary Ellen Kleiman

MaryEllen Kleiman is the Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Disability:IN.  Prior to joining the Disability:IN team, Ms. Kleiman served as Senior Counsel for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores(NACDS) and advised its related charitable foundation.

Before joining NACDS, Ms. Kleiman was an associate in the Washington, DC office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld, L.L.P. Previously, Ms. Kleiman worked on the staff of an Office of Independent Counsel and on a U.S. Senate investigative committee.  She is a graduate of both Northwestern University and the Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America.  Ms. Kleiman is a member of the Bar of Maryland and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, as well as several other federal court bars.

Consistent with her passion for charitable mission driven organizations, Ms. Kleiman is along-serving board member of and immediate past president to the Women’s Bar Association Foundation of the District of Columbia. She is a very proud military spouse and parent and has two neurodivergent adult sons and an adorable grandson, all of whom inspire her every day. Ms. Kleiman lives in the DC Metro area.