Thomas R. Kline
March 29, 2025
Thomas R. Kline advises clients on a wide variety of art, museum, and cultural heritage matters, including issues of ownership, theft, authenticity, breach of contract, insurance, and related disputes. Since 1989 he has practiced in litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution, and he has represented governments, museums, churches, foundations, and families in recovering stolen art and cultural property. He also represents American museums and collectors responding to claims.
Tom is Of Counsel in SCH’s Art Law Group. In recent years, he has focused his practice on litigation, dispute resolution and advice concerning art, cultural property, museums, non-profit governance, and related issues. Several of Tom’s cases have involved art objects that were looted in wartime from Cyprus, Germany, and elsewhere.