Lonnie Klein

Lonnie Klein has a B.A. from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University and earned his J.D. from American University. He joined EJI in 2022 after 13 years in private practice at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and ReedSmith LLP. He provided pro bono representation in state postconviction and federal habeas corpus proceedings for several people sentenced to death in Alabama and, at the request of state legislators, conducted an independent investigation into the conviction of a man facing execution in Oklahoma.