Overview
Matthew’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, arbitration, and government investigations and enforcement actions. He has represented companies in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and state attorneys general. Matthew has also represented individuals and corporations at all stages of litigation in federal and state courts and in domestic and international arbitrations, including in matters involving intellectual property, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and consumer class actions.
Prior to joining Williams & Connolly, Matthew clerked for Judge Legrome D. Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Executive Projects Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal’s Annual Review of Criminal Procedure and as Co-Director of the moot court team. As a student in Georgetown’s Criminal Justice Clinic, he represented indigent defendants in D.C. Superior Court and successfully first-chaired a misdemeanor bench trial. Before law school, Matthew spent three years on the staff of U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr., where he advised the Senator on banking, tax, and trade issues.