Matthew C. Berger
Recognizing the importance that farmers, agricultural businesses, community banks and other small businesses play in supporting and sustaining rural communities, Matt has focused his practice on serving and protecting the interests of these businesses. Matt, a partner at Gislason & Hunter, regularly represents these clients in administrative and regulatory proceedings, civil litigation and appeals involving a variety of disputes, including environmental and permitting issues, land use and zoning issues, contractual disputes, corporate governance and shareholder rights and collection and bankruptcy.
Outside of the courtroom, Matt assists clients with issues involving business formation and governance, acquisitions and sales, financing, regulatory compliance, food safety and animal welfare, marketing, trademarks and other transactions and business issues.
Areas of Expertise
Agriculture Law & Agribusiness
- Ag Financing & Debt Restructuring
- Ag Litigation
- Agribusiness Formation & Transactions
- Agriculture Contracts
- Employment Matters
- Environmental Regulation
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Food Safety & Animal Rights Controversies
- Planning, Zoning & Land Use
- Purchase & Leasing
- Water Rights & Wetland Mitigation
Business & Corporate Law
- Business Entity Law & Formation, including LLC’s, Partnerships and Corporations
- Commercial Real Estate
- Contracts
- Creditors' Rights
- Data Privacy & Security
- Employment & Human Resources
- Partner & Shareholder Agreements
- Purchase or Sale of Business
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Trade Secrets & Non Competes
- Trademarks
Finance & Banking
- Bank Litigation
- Collection Actions
- Commercial Lending
- Corporate Governance
- Loan Transactions
- Loan Workouts
Litigation
- Banking Litigation
- Business Torts Litigation
- Civil Appellate Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Ownership Disputes & Dissolutions
- Property Disputes & Land Use
- Insurance Defense
- Regulatory Compliance & Defense
Real Estate, Environmental Law & Land Use
- Compliance & Permitting
- Environmental Litigation