Mary Ellen Kleiman

Mary Ellen Kleiman is 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 the Special Committee on Investigations of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate.  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 currently serves as President of 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, all of whom inspire her every day. Ms. Kleiman lives in the DC Metro area.