Matt Kaplan Obtains Large Recovery in Unpaid Overtime Case
A federal court in Washington, D.C. has approved the settlement of a lawsuit that alleged that four construction companies (or their subcontractors) underpaid hundreds of employees. The employees participating in the case will receive over $340,000. The plaintiffs, who were…
Matt Kaplan Successfully Argues Miranda Violation in Criminal Appeal
The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Matt Kaplan's client in a July 8, 2021 published opinion. The Court's reasoning will limit the ability of police officers to question suspects without informing them that they have the rights…
Matt Kaplan Wins Important Constitutional Rights Appeal
Matt Kaplan prevailed on behalf of his client in a criminal case decided yesterday by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The Court's opinion, which reverses the murder conviction of Mr. Kaplan's client, addresses two fundamental issues of constitutional…
Information on Lawsuit Against Bozzuto Contractors Inc. for Bladensburg Rd Unpaid Wages
The Kaplan Law Firm, in conjunction with the Handley, Farah & Anderson Law Firm, on behalf of clients of both firms, has filed a lawsuit against Bozzuto Contractors, a major construction firm, alleging that that firm is liable for the…
Matt Kaplan Prevails in Appeal Protecting Key Constitutional Rights
Matt Kaplan has obtained the reversal of his client's murder conviction. Kaplan had argued that constitutional errors committed by the trial court resulted in an unfair trial and may have led to his client's wrongful conviction. The case, decided earlier…
Lawsuits Filed Defending Workers’ Right to Be Paid
The Kaplan Law Firm regularly represents employees who have not been paid wages they were owed by their employers or who have not been paid at the legally required overtime rate for overtime work. The Firm recently filed four lawsuits…
Conviction Reversed for Violation of Defendant’s Rights
The Kaplan Law Firm's Matthew B. Kaplan has obtained the reversal of the criminal conviction of one of his clients. In an opinion issued last week the District of Columbia Court of Appeals—the highest "state" court in the District of…
Criminal Conviction Reversed on Appeal
Today the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued an opinion reversing the felony threats conviction of a client of Matthew B. Kaplan, The Kaplan Law Firm's Principal Attorney. The government had argued that our client had threatened another person…
Panelist at Unpaid Wages Discussion
On Friday I was a panelist on a discussion of a successful unpaid wages case I brought on behalf of individuals who had worked as electricians and assistant electricians on construction projects in the Washington, D.C. area. The event, the…