Paul J. Klehm - an Andover, United States Business Litigation Lawyer

Andover Business Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Business Litigation 30%
Civil Rights/Police Misconduct 30%
Personal Injury 25%
Employment Discrimination/Non-Competition Agreements 15%

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Attorney Paul J. Klehm is a seasoned attorney with over thirty years of experience helping small businesses and people with their litigation issues in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts.

Small businesses: Paul advises and represents small businesses on various legal disputes, including, without limitation, contract matters, fraud matters, and employee theft matters. With the help of the entire law firm, Paul won a $5.25 million dollar jury verdict in a federal civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act trial on behalf of a business client.

People: Paul represents people who have been seriously injured in a variety of incidents – from automobile collisions to trips and falls. He represents people who have faced discrimination at work, or who are dealing with issues arising out of non-competition agreements. Paul also serves as counsel to individuals who have been the victims of police misconduct, whether by means of excessive force, beating or an arrest without probable cause. He represents people who are involved in disputes arising out of breach of a contract, fraud or unfair and deceptive business practices.

Paul has argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

From 2023 to 2025, Paul served on the Executive Management Board of the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA). Since 2019, he has served as a member of the MBA’s House of Delegates, another governing body of the MBA. Paul is a past Chair of the Civil Litigation Section Council of the MBA, and he has served on that council from 2014-2021, and 2023 to present. He has also served on the Access to Justice and Real Estate Law Section Councils of the MBA. He is a member of the Lawyer Referral Service Committee of the MBA. Paul judges rounds of the MBA Mock Trial Competition, and he volunteers regularly for its Dial-A-Lawyer program, where individuals call in with legal questions. In 2023, Paul won the MBA’s Volunteer Recognition Award.

Paul is the current Treasurer of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation (MBF) and he has served as a Trustee of the MBF since 2022. He is an Oliver Wendell Holmes Life Fellow at the MBF. Since 2025 he has served on the MBF Finance Committee. He has served on grant application review committees for the MBF for many years, and since 2022, he has chaired the Northeast Regional Committee. Since 2023, he has served on the MBF’s Legal Intern Fellowship Program subcommittee of the Board of Trustees, helping to select summer Legal Intern Fellows, and he has chaired that committee since 2025. He served on the MBF’s Innovation Grant Committee which provided grants to organizations seeking to try out innovative ideas, from 2023 to 2025. In 2020, Paul was awarded the MBF’s President’s Award, which honors commitment to the work of the MBF.

Paul is a Past President of the Lawrence Bar Association (LBA) and, from 2006 to 2017, he served on the Executive Committee of the LBA.

Paul has spoken at the following seminars:

Chairperson, "Excelling With Experts", MBA, May 24, 2021
Co-Chairperson, "A Bench-Bar Discussion: Collaborating to Alleviate Stressors in the Courtroom and Practice of Law", MBA, November, 2020
Chairperson, "How to Deal with a Potential Medicare Set-Aside," MBA, October, 2019
Moderator, "Corporate Depositions: Strategies for Taking and Defending," MBA, February 28, 2019
Co-Chairperson, "Raise Your Right Hand: Contrasting Approaches to Witness Preparation," MBA April, 2018
Presenter, "Mediation & Arbitration Essentials: Part I," MBA, February, 2018
Co-Chairperson, "Maximizing the Value of Expert Testimony," MBA, September, 2017
Presenter, "Trends, Traps and Trouble Avoidance" (concerning closely-held corporations), MBA, April 17, 2015
Co-Chairperson, "Litigating Civil Rights Cases Under Section 1983," MBA, June 8, 2015

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

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Honors

President’s Award, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, 2020
Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, Thomson Reuters, 2016 – Present, selected by peer recognition
AV Pre-eminent peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest peer rating standard
Top Lawyers, Civil Rights, Boston Magazine, 2021- Present, selected by peer recognition

Other Sources of Feedback About Paul J. Klehm

Included on the 2026 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list
2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
Non Legal Education
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1989
  B.A.
  Major: Government

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Pro Bono Activities

Moderator, Bow Lake Free Will Baptist Church, (“BLFWBC”) 2026 - Present
Vice-Moderator, BLFWBC, 2024-2026
Trustee, BLFWBC, 2020 - Present
Tournament Judge, Mock Trial Program, MBA , 2018-19, 2022. Served as one of three mock trial judges for 2022 state final.

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1992
New Hampshire, 2002
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1995
U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire, 2002
U.S. Supreme Court, 2009

Other Affiliations

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association (“MBA”), 1993 - Present
Member, Executive Management Board, MBA, 2023 - 2025
Member, House of Delegates, MBA, 2019 - Present
Member, Lawyer Referral Service Committee, 2024 - Present
Member, Real Estate Law Section Council, MBA, 2022-23
Member, Access to Justice Section Council, MBA, 2021-22
Chairperson, Civil Litigation Section Council, MBA, 2019-21
Vice Chairperson, Civil Litigation Section Council, MBA, 2017-19
Member, Civil Litigation Section Council, MBA, 2014-21, 2023-Present
Member, Committee on Civility and Professionalism, MBA, 2016-17
Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, MBA, 2015-19
Trustee, Massachusetts Bar Foundation (“MBF”), 2022 – Present
Treasurer, MBF, 2026-Present
Secretary, MBF, 2024-2026
Member of Executive Council, MBF, 2024 - Present
Member, Finance Committee, MBF, 2025-Present
Oliver Wendell Holmes Life Fellow, MBF, 2022 - Present
Louis D. Brandeis Life Fellow, MBF, 2015-22
Life Fellow, MBF, 2010-15
Member, Northeast Massachusetts Regional Grant Committee (“NMRGC”), MBF, 2007-09, 2011 – Present
Co-Chairperson, NMRGC, MBF, 2022
Chairperson, NMRGC, MBF, 2023 - Present
President, Lawrence Bar Association (“LBA”), 2014-15
Executive Committee, LBA, 2006-17
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2019 - Present
Member, Massachusetts Academy Of Trial Lawyers
Member, Essex County Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Member, New Hampshire Association For Justice

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Andover, MA

28 Andover Street
Suite 240
Andover, MA 01810

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