PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Admitted to Texas bar, 2004; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2006

Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A. with Special Honors in English and Honors in Plan II Liberal Arts Program, 1999); University of Texas School of Law (J.D. with High Honors, 2004), Chancellors, Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review (2003-04)

Law Clerk to The Honorable Sam Sparks, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas; Austin, Texas (2004-2006)

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Matt has worked for many of the firm’s clients, including:

• An Austin-based company’s founder, president, and shareholder representative in a federal court lawsuit and arbitration involving disputed entitlement to funds in escrow and allegations of fraud asserted by the Fortune 500 company that acquired his company.
• A real estate investment partnership in federal court in a dispute with a lending institution over a disputed prepayment penalty in connection with a promissory note.
• A patent holder in a federal court lawsuit seeking damages for patent and trade dress infringement and for unfair competition and tortious interference with contract from a business competitor.
• A major telecommunications carrier in federal and state lawsuits.
• A major Texas-based workers’ compensation carrier in state administrative proceedings and state court lawsuits, in which the validity and interpretation of statutory and regulatory provisions was at issue.
• Lawyers and law firms sued for legal malpractice in Texas state court.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Austin Bar Association
• Austin Young Lawyers Association
• Federal Bar Association, Austin Chapter (Program Chair, 2010; Secretary, 2011)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Texas Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in Business Litigation, 2010, 2011; Published by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly magazine

COMMUNITY

• Board of Directors, Mainspring Schools (President, 2010-2011)