Gordon Klein

Gordon Klein is a lecturer in accounting at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. He has written textbook on accounting ethics, was the accounting expert for the trustee overseeing the General Motors bankruptcy, often appears as an accounting expert witness, and has commented frequently in the media on accounting issues.[1]

Not to be confused with Klein–Gordon equation.
Gordon Klein in 2017

Early life and education

Klein grew up in Detroit, where he attended the city schools.[2] Later he went to the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he received a B.B.A., and the University of Michigan Law School, where he received a J.D.

Career

After teaching accounting at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, Klein moved in 1981 to UCLA's Anderson School of Management in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, where he became a Continuing Lecturer in Accounting.

Klein frequently acts as a court-appointed referee, commercial arbitrator, and television commentator. He has been an expert witness in lawsuits, including United States v. Liew (N.D. Cal., 2013); Prime Media v. Acer; Case 12-cv-05020-BLF (N.D. Cal., 2015); United States v. Hodge, 933 F.3d 468 (5th Cir., 2019); Redstone v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2015-237; and In Re Bracket Holding Corporation, Consolidated C.A. No. N15C-02-233 WCC CCLD (Superior Court of Delaware, 2019).

Klein was the accounting expert for the Trustee in the General Motors bankruptcy (see, for example, In Re: Motors Liquidation Company, f/k/a General Motors Corporation, et al., Debtors. Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust, by and through the Wilmington Trust Company, solely in its capacity as Trust Administrator and Trustee, Plaintiff, v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al., Defendants, 576 B.R. 325 (S.D. New York, 2017)).

Attendance Policy Controversy

In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd, Klein received media attention for his attendance policies in response to a request by a Black student for an exemption to an exam.[3] After outcry by student groups, he was placed on leave by officials of the UCLA School of Management. After an investigation, the school reinstated Klein three weeks later.[4] Klein later filed suit against the school, alleging loss of income due to damage to his reputation.

Publications
(1984) Gordon Klein, Introductory Finance, 1st Edition, The Westin Study Review Series (Westin Communications, 1984)
(2015) Gordon Klein, Ethics in Accounting: A Decision-Making Approach, 1st Edition (John Wiley and Sons, 2015)

Footnotes
  1. https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/accounting/faculty/klein.
  2. June 11, 2020 radio interview with Gordon Klein on the Larry O'Connor Show.
  3. "UCLA Professor On Leave After Students Blast Response To Request To Postpone Final Exam As 'Woefully Racist". KCAL 29 Los Angeles. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. Byrne, John A. "UCLA Prof Sues The B-School For Putting Him On Leave Over Racial Blow-Up". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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