Further Briefing in Important Fourth Circuit Civil Rights Case—Villa v. CavaMezze Grill
Opposing counsel in the Villa v. CavaMezze Grill case has filed their brief in opposition…
Amicus Briefs Filed in Title VII Sex Discrimination/Retaliation Case
The case I mentioned in my June 30 post, Villa v. Cavamezze Grill LLC, is…
Appeal Filed in Important Title VII Sex Discrimination/Retaliation Case
I recently filed a brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of…
Success in the D.C. Court of Appeals
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued a decision in favor of my…
Brief in First Amendment Case Filed
I have filed an appellate brief in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on…
Successful Motion to Reverse Criminal Conviction Under D.C.’s Innocence Protection Act
I recently prevailed in a motion to have a client’s felony conviction reversed on grounds…
Appellate Case Challenges Constitutionality of the District of Columbia’s Anti-Stalking Law
I currently represent a client (let’s call him “Client”) in an interesting First Amendment case…
Matthew Kaplan Appointed to CJA Appeals Panel
I am pleased that I have been appointed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Arguing Before the D.C. Court of Appeals – Eyewitness Identification
On November 4 I appeared on behalf of my client at an oral argument before…
Overtime Collective Action Certified in Maryland
Working closely with the excellent attorneys at The Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and…
Super Lawyers Honors Matthew B Kaplan a DC “Rising Star”
I have been selected to the 2014 Washington DC Rising Stars list of distinguished attorneys…
Joining the Maryland Bar
I just learned that I passed the Maryland “Attorneys’ Bar,” which is obviously good news. …
New Employment Law and Defamation Case
I currently represent the former senior official the Alexandria (Virginia) City Public Schools (“ACPS”) in…
Rising Star
I recently learned that Super Lawyers magazine had put me on its 2013 list of…
Virginia Court of Appeals Agrees to Review Important Decision on Constitutional Rights
The Virginia Court of Appeals today granted a petition that I filed on behalf of…
New DC Superior Court Debt Collection Practice Ignores the Law
In litigating throughout the country over the last decade, I have found that courts and…
Due Process in Virginia: Amos v. Commonwealth
Think you have the right to basic due process—such as the right to have an…
Virginia Class Actions
I am often contacted by potential clients and fellow attorneys about pursuing possible class actions…
Problems With the DC Courts’ Website
For some inexplicable reason the DC courts’ website (www.dccourts.gov) is not properly indexed by Google…
Do not ignore a lawsuit!!
Many issues surrounding litigation are complicated. But there is one straightforward, uncomplicated rule that applies…
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