Cohen Milstein

Matt Kaplan joined the Firm in 2005 as an Associate in the Securities Fraud Practice Group.

Mr. Kaplan’s work in federal securities fraud class actions has allowed investors to recover millions of dollars.  Among the cases he has played an important role in successfully litigating 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 plaintiff class in In re LDK Solar Securities Litigation, a case in which, despite jurisdictional and practical obstacles created by the defendants’ location in China, Cohen Milstein negotiated a settlement which required the defendants and their insurers to pay sixteen million dollars for the benefit of investors who had lost money as a result of an alleged fraud.

Mr. Kaplan currently represents the plaintiff in Conrad v. Blank, a derivative case in Delaware Chancery court which seeks damages from Staples, Inc. executives who the plaintiff alleges were improperly awarded backdated stock options.  He also represents investors who seek to recover hundreds of millions of dollars that they lost as a result of the 2009 collapse of the multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Minnesota businessman Thomas Petters.

Mr. Kaplan is also involved in the Firm’s Human Rights Practice Group.  He currently represents several detainees at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in proceedings before U.S. Courts.

Mr. Kaplan is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., with honors).  He received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School (J.D., With Highest Honors, Order of the Coif).

Before coming to Cohen Milstein, Mr. Kaplan was a litigation associate with White & Case, LLP.  Prior to becoming an attorney he was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and was stationed in Venezuela, Colombia, The Bahamas and Nicaragua.

Mr. Kaplan is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia.