Practice areas
Disputes that threaten businesses, investments, or reputations.
Focused representation when the facts are dense, the exposure is significant, and the legal strategy must serve a larger commercial objective.
Commercial real estate & guaranty disputes
Representation for borrowers, guarantors, lenders, owners, and investors in disputes arising from commercial loans and distressed real estate.
- “Bad boy” carve-outs and nonrecourse guaranties
- Lender liability, good-faith, and causation defenses
- Workouts, forbearance agreements, receiverships, and foreclosures
- Purchase agreements, leases, title, and ownership disputes
Securities & syndication
Counsel for investors, sponsors, managers, and partners when a private offering or pooled investment becomes a dispute.
- Offering documents, disclosures, and alleged misrepresentations
- Fiduciary-duty and conflicts-of-interest claims
- Books-and-records demands and investor communications
- FINRA arbitration and regulatory issues
Business & commercial litigation
High-stakes disputes among companies, owners, executives, and counterparties, handled with an eye toward both courtroom leverage and business continuity.
- Breach of contract, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation
- Partnership, shareholder, and ownership disputes
- Fiduciary duties, unfair competition, and trade secrets
- Emergency relief, injunctions, and complex damages
Construction & real estate
Disputes involving projects, property, payment, and performance—from pre-suit analysis through trial.
- Construction defects and delay claims
- Mechanics’ liens and payment disputes
- Developer, owner, contractor, and design-professional claims
- Commercial landlord-tenant and property disputes
Insurance coverage
Policyholder representation when an insurer delays, limits, or denies the protection the policy was purchased to provide.
- Duty-to-defend and duty-to-indemnify disputes
- Reservation-of-rights and independent-counsel issues
- Coverage for commercial, construction, and management claims
- Bad-faith and extra-contractual exposure
Built for the courtroom. Guided by the objective.
Matthew appears in state and federal courts and handles arbitration, FINRA, and regulatory proceedings. The forum may change; the discipline does not.