Matthew Kaplan

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The Kaplan Law Firm

Experience: 20 years

Appeals & Appellate, Arbitration & Mediation, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud and 4 others

District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia

Experience 20y

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For over a decade Matthew B. Kaplan, the founder and principal of The Kaplan Law Firm, has litigated cases on behalf of his clients in courts around the country. Prior to establishing The Kaplan Law Firm Mr. Kaplan was an attorney with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, where he recovered millions of dollars for investors who incurred substantial losses as the result of fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. Among the cases that Mr. Kaplan successfully litigated are In re Buca Inc. Securities Litigation, In re C.P. Ships Securities Litigation, In re Dura Pharmaceuticals Securities Litigation, and In re ProQuest Securities Litigation. Mr. Kaplan also represented the plaintiffs in In re LDK Solar Securities Litigation, a case in which, despite jurisdictional and practical obstacles created by the defendants’ location in China, the plaintiffs recovered $16 million. Mr. Kaplan began his legal career at White & Case LLP, where he represented corporate and individual defendants in civil litigation. Mr. Kaplan has also represented, on a pro bono basis, several inmates incarcerated at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in proceedings before U.S. Courts. Mr. Kaplan is a graduate with honors of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School with highest honors and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Prior to becoming an attorney Mr. Kaplan was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. He was stationed in Venezuela as a consular officer, in Colombia and Nicaragua as a political officer and in the Bahamas as Director of the American Embassy’s Narcotics Affairs Section. Mr. Kaplan also served as the State Department’s Venezuela Desk Officer and as an analyst in the Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Prior to joining the Foreign Service Mr. Kaplan was an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar
Since 2004

Maryland

Since 2013

Virginia

Since 2003

Professional Experience

Current

The Kaplan Law Firm

Principal

www.thekaplanlawfirm.com

Education

1999 - 2003

The George Washington University Law School

J.D. | Law

Honors: Order of the Coif

Georgetown University

B.S.

Contacts

Arlington Telephone: (703) 665-9529 Fax: (888) 958-1366

509 N Jefferson St Washington DC 20005 Telephone: (703) 665-9529

Washington

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Matthew Kaplan The Kaplan Law Firm

Experience: 20 years

Website: Open

Phone: (703) 665-9529

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Appeals & Appellate

Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals

Arbitration & Mediation

Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration

Stockbroker & Investment Fraud

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Collections

Legal Malpractice

Employment Law

Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination

Languages

Spanish: Spoken, Written

Websites

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