Who are our clients?
You. Your family. Your business. Your not-for-profit institution or religious organization. When you need legal counsel and representation personally or professionally, Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s legal team stands by your side, delivering real-world, professional guidance.
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s litigators are experienced trial lawyers who understand that when it comes to negotiating and litigating, the best outcome is the one that serves the unique needs of our clients, whether it be:
- Commercial contracts and claims;
- Business disputes, corporate governance, and shareholder controversies;
- Real property and leasing disputes of all sorts, including commercial and complex residential landlord/tenant matters, rent regulation, and real estate development issues;
- Religious, not-for-profit, and other tax-exempt organization controversies, including corporate and ecclesiastic governance, as well as crisis management;
- Trust and estate litigation;
- Labor, employment, and ADA disputes, construction contract litigation; and
- Constitutional law, particularly the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and select criminal defense matters.
Corporate/Commercial Litigation
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s corporate and commercial lawyers are well-positioned to help you draft, negotiate, review, and litigate all business-related legal documents and disputes.
This includes service contracts, leases, partnership and shareholder agreements, stock sale or asset purchase agreements, operating agreements, and any other documents that move your mission and business forward.
Involvement in your business’s ongoing operations means that should disputes arise, our litigators are often able to pre-empt potentially adversarial situations. When matters require litigation, we are well positioned to leverage the law to promote your interests before the appropriate forums, including state and federal courts, arbitration, and mediation.
Real Estate/Construction/Land Use Litigation
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld represents institutional owners and shareholders in matters ranging from commonplace disputes to complex construction and large-scale commercial and residential development projects.
Our team of real estate lawyers provides comprehensive legal representation in all facets of real estate transactions, including the acquisition, leasing, refinancing, and sale of commercial and residential properties, development, construction, and land use. We negotiate and draft contracts and other documents with a focus on identifying and resolving issues before they become problems.
Should a dispute arise, our litigators are skilled advocates with a track record of successful outcomes.
Employment Litigation
As employers and employees adapt to a host of new workplace structures and an ever-changing employment regulatory environment, they rely on Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s employment lawyers to pre-empt adversarial situations. When matters require litigation, we represent each client’s interests in state and federal courts, arbitration, as well as in mediation.
Our litigators have broad experience representing businesses and individuals in employment disputes, including:
- Hostile workplace or other employment discrimination defense or prosecution related to race, age, sex, gender, disability, pregnancy, religion, national origin, or other wrongful termination;
- Whistleblower/False Claims Act and retaliation defense and prosecution;
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims;
- Wage and commission disputes, including overtime payments and severance benefits; and
- Breach of employment agreements.
Trusts & Estates Litigation
Planning for the future matters. Sound financial planning, wealth preservation, and the financial well-being of one’s heirs would begin from the moment you leave your childhood home as an adult, and continue at each stage of life as one launches a career, finds a life partner, starts a family, buys a home, dissolves a marriage, remarries, safeguards the financial security of a minor or special-needs children, or makes long- term plans for retirement and the preservation and ultimate distribution of their estate.
The death of a family member or loved one is a stressful time for surviving friends and family. Proper estate planning can help mitigate potential complications and depletion of assets during the estate administration process.
When relationships do break down over estate conflicts, our estate litigation attorneys carefully guide clients through probate and dispute resolution, whether they are individual beneficiaries, executors, or administrators.
Religious/Not-For-Profit/Tax-Exempt Organization Litigation
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s litigation practice has a long history of successfully representing not-for-profits, religious, and other tax-exempt organizations in cases involving:
- Internal and external controversies;
- Corporate ecclesiastic governance;
- Constitutional disputes involving the Free Exercise & Establishment clauses of the First Amendment;
- Secular disputes;
- Corporate and commercial litigation; and
- Commercial leasing and landlord/tenant litigation.
Not-for-profits, including religious organizations, rely on our litigators to leverage appropriate litigation strategies and further each client’s interests – in the courtroom and through proactive settlement negotiations.
Trusts & Estates Litigation
Planning for the future matters. Sound financial planning, wealth preservation, and the financial well-being of one’s heirs would begin from the moment you leave your childhood home as an adult, and continue at each stage of life as one launches a career, finds a life partner, starts a family, buys a home, dissolves a marriage, remarries, safeguards the financial security of a minor or special-needs children, or makes long- term plans for retirement and the preservation and ultimate distribution of their estate.
The death of a family member or loved one is a stressful time for surviving friends and family. Proper estate planning can help mitigate potential complications and depletion of assets during the estate administration process.
When relationships do break down over estate conflicts, our estate litigation attorneys carefully guide clients through probate and dispute resolution, whether they are individual beneficiaries, executors, or administrators.
Religious/Not-For-Profit/Tax-Exempt Organization Litigation
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld’s litigation practice has a long history of successfully representing not-for-profits, religious, and other tax-exempt organizations in cases involving:
- Internal and external controversies;
- Corporate ecclesiastic governance;
- Constitutional disputes involving the Free Exercise & Establishment clauses of the First Amendment;
- Secular disputes;
- Corporate and commercial litigation; and
- Commercial leasing and landlord/tenant litigation.
Not-for-profits, including religious organizations, rely on our litigators to leverage appropriate litigation strategies and further each client’s interests – in the courtroom and through proactive settlement negotiations.
