[3] From 1999 to 2018, he practiced with Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, and specialized in labor and employment issues covering both the public and private sectors.

[3] In the summer of 2017, Kleeh met with Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin and received their recommendation to the Trump administration for a federal judgeship.

President Trump nominated Kleeh to the seat vacated by Judge Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley, who assumed senior status on August 12, 2017.

[10] On August 31, 2023, Kleeh upheld the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban and the National Firearms Act as applied to short-barreled shotguns under New York State Rifle Pistol Association, Inc. v.

[11] On December 1, 2023, Kleeh declared that the minimum age requirement for handgun purchases is unconstitutional under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v.