Kline has a distinguished career as a trial lawyer. He has spent more than 35 years representing catastrophically injured persons. He is founding partner, along with Shanin Specter, of the nationally recognized law firm of Kline & Specter. Kline served four U.S. senators over two decades and chaired the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania more than a decade. He serves as both a Drexel University trustee and chair of the advisory board for Drexel’s law school. Kline received his bachelor’s degree from Albright College, where he has been honored with the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He earned a master’s degree in American history from Lehigh University and later attended Duquesne University School of Law, where he graduated with the school’s Distinguished Student Award and later received its Distinguished Alumni Award.