Matt Banocy is a trial lawyer representing corporations and individuals in employment and business litigation matters.
Matt is an experienced litigator and has successfully represented clients at trial and arbitration as both lead and second-chair counsel. Matt has conducted over 100 fact and expert witness depositions. His extensive litigation experience allows Matt to quickly identify key legal issues at the inception of every case, work with clients to develop a strategy, and aggressively pursue that strategy to achieve the most beneficial outcome possible.
Matt concentrates his practice representing individual and corporate clients in employment and business litigation matters. Matt routinely represents clients in various industries, including healthcare, hospitality, airline, restaurant, food and beverage, education, financial services, technology and software, manufacturing, and transportation.
Matt represents clients before state courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies. Matt regularly defends clients against claims arising under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act among other federal and state laws. Matt also represents clients on a wide range of business litigation matters, including the enforcement of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, claims for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty.
Matt has been consistently recognized by national media outlets for his expertise in employment and business litigation. For seven straight years, Matt has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a distinction earned by only 2.5% of attorneys under age 40. Matt’s outstanding professional excellence has also earned him recognition by Best Lawyers in America for five consecutive years.
In addition to his litigation practice, Matt utilizes his trial lawyer’s mindset to provide reasoned and practical preventative advice and counsel to his clients. Matt counsels employers on virtually all employee relations issues, including discipline and discharge decisions, wage and hour laws, employee misclassification issues, and complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.