Matt Kaplan recently argued an important case before the D.C. Court of Appeals, sitting en banc. The issue in the case was how the District of Columbia's confusingly worded kidnapping statute should be interpreted. Until now the statute has been…
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…