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Matthew J. McCracken
Associate
Chernett Wasserman Yarger, LLC
216.737.0723
mjm@cwylaw.com
Matthew J. McCracken focuses his practice on representing small to medium sized businesses. His clients include banks, closely held businesses,
owners, and individuals in contract negotiations, out-of-court workouts and litigation in matters regarding employment law, commercial and residential real estate, condominium law, contract disputes, creditor/debtor disputes, creditor’s rights, secured transactions, securities and tortious conduct.
He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and Chairs the Executive Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.
Representative Experience
- Represented worldwide leader in synthetic turf manufacture and installation
in litigation brought by a creditor attempting to hold client liable under a third-party
creditor’s bill
- Represented regional Federal Savings Bank in litigation and out-of-court workouts with numerous developers who defaulted on commercial and residential real estate projects
- Represented manager and shareholder of a restaurant in litigation regarding claims of sexual harassment brought by a former employee
- Represented owners of a closely held waste management
facility in litigation regarding an alleged breach of contract
for construction debris waste removal
- Represented former President, Chairman, and CEO of a small
Ohio bank in litigation against the bank for wrongful discharge
and defamation
- Represented principal of telecommunications company in sale of company assets, including negotiations with minority owners
- Negotiated and drafted numerous non-compete, non-solicitation and/or confidentiality agreements designed to protect client trade secrets and prevent unfair competition
- Represented principal of a closely-held business in litigation brought by numerous secured and unsecured creditors following winding-up of business
Case Study
Client: Shareholders in a closely held corporation.
Issue: Out of state company attempted to hold shareholders
personally liable by “piercing the corporate veil”
for corporation’s alleged breach of a contract for the
removal of construction debris.
Solution: Filed a motion to dismiss individual shareholders
on the grounds that the corporate veil should not be pierced
under the facts of the case.
Result: Trial court granted the motion to dismiss
and dismissed the individual shareholders from the lawsuit.
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