Our team includes seasoned litigation attorneys with extensive courtroom experience, honed over careers spanning private practice, on the bench as state and local judges, and as prosecutors on Long Island and in New York City. We have substantial trial experience in a vast array of matters including business litigation in federal and state court, courts throughout the country, as well as before various state and federal regulatory agencies nationwide.

We believe that the most effective way to negotiate on your behalf is to always be prepared to go to trial. As such, we immediately develop a targeted, strategic approach to every matter, taking into account our clients’ ultimate goals for themselves and their businesses.

We also recognize that results achieved by motion practice or at trial are worthwhile only if they can be upheld on appeal. Learn more about our Appeals practice.

Commercial Litigation
We represent clients in a variety of commercial and corporate-related matters including shareholder and partnership disputes, dissolutions and business divorce, breach of fiduciary duty (including officers, shareholders, and board members), antitrust and unfair competition, fraud, breach of contract, and debtor/creditor disputes. We also have unique experience in RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) matters in the business context on issues ranging from investments to theft of corporate opportunity.

Business Divorce
When relationships among owners of privately held business sour, it can be virtually impossible for the business to move forward. If business partners can no longer work together, often the best option for all parties is a “business divorce.”

Our litigation attorneys have extensive experience handling stock/equity purchases and sales when one or more partners buy out the other(s) (please visit our Corporate practice page). When litigation is the best course of action, our team is adept at effectively and efficiently navigating business divorce matters through the court system. Our successful track record includes temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, judicial dissolution, minority shareholder actions, valuation proceedings, derivative lawsuits, books and records proceedings, as well as alternative dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.

Labor & Employment
The firm aggressively defends employers in a full range of labor and employment litigation matters. These cases include individual and class actions pertaining to wage and hour issues, wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, breach of employment contract, allegations of FLSA violations, and non-compete/restrictive covenant matters. We regularly litigate these issues before various administrative and government agencies as well as in state and federal court.

Prevailing Wage 
Our litigation attorneys defend contractors, subcontractors, builders, and other industry professionals in litigation concerning federal, state, and local prevailing wage laws and regulations, including on a class action basis.

Environmental and Land Use
The firm works with clients on Long Island and throughout the state to efficiently resolve environmental disputes.  We handle civil cost recovery litigation, State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) issues, zoning disputes, challenges to administrative and municipal determinations via Article 78 petitions, insurance claims, and matters concerning the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We also represent clients charged with environmental crimes and handle appeals of all environmental-related matters.

Real Estate
We represent clients in all aspects of real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant disputes and proceedings, title claims, boundary disputes, adverse possession, easements, and real estate contract matters.  We also represent clients in cooperative, condominium, and homeowner association disputes.

Estate Litigation
The firm represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in a variety of estate and trust litigation matters including will contests, contested accountings, and disputes involving competency and asset recovery.  Our team is also experienced in handling appeals of these matters.

Regulatory Agencies
Companies and individuals regularly turn to us for representation before state and federal regulatory agencies, including the New York and U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), and the New York State Attorney General’s Office.

Banking Litigation
CMM attorneys are seasoned litigators with extensive courtroom experience representing financial institutions, banks, and other lenders in a variety of matters including commercial and residential foreclosure actions, collection matters, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, UCC claims, and commercial matters including breach of contract and director and officer liability.

Accountants’ Professional Liability
CMM attorneys reject a “one-size-fits-all” approach for matters as document-intensive and nuanced as Professional Liability. Instead, CMM’s success in defending accounting malpractice claims stems from our decades of experience in the field representing accounting professionals in a wide variety of matters. Our fearlessness when it comes to litigation, coupled with our firm’s transactional experience and network of accounting and financial professionals, create a team fluent in the myriad issues that arise in accounting malpractice matters including tax, audit, valuations, estate matters, and M&A work, among other issues.

Alternative Dispute Resolution
When litigation is the proper course, our attorneys aggressively and zealously advocate for our clients in that arena. When no-holds-barred litigation may not align with the clients’ goals, we guide clients through various alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, including arbitration, mediation, mini-trials, summary jury trials, expert fact-finding, and early neutral evaluation.

White Collar Defense & Investigations
Our team counsels clients—including small businesses, publicly traded companies, executives, and other individuals across a variety of industries—facing regulatory action, investigation, or prosecution.  We offer services in the areas of administrative and regulatory proceedings, white collar defense, internal investigations, False Claims Act matters, and compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). We are experienced in handling matters with concurrent civil, criminal, and regulatory components.

Criminal Defense 
Our lawyers have extensive experience in criminal prosecution and defense, having served as prosecutors at the federal, state, town, and village levels, in addition to defending clients charged with crimes in state and federal court. Our depth of experience and firsthand knowledge of government strategy make our Long Island criminal defense attorneys uniquely suited to assess a client’s case and prepare a defense for any state or federal criminal charges including gun possession, DWI, assault, robbery, drug possession and sale, as well as misdemeanors and violations.

Please also visit our Personal Injury and Municipal Liability pages.