Matt focuses on high-stakes commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He draws on his experience as a law clerk to three federal judges to help his clients navigate the complexities and nuances of trial and appellate practice.
Matt has experience litigating a wide range of commercial disputes in trial and appellate courts across the country. Colleagues frequently call on Matt to analyze discrete legal issues and handle dispositive motions. Matt also has experience representing clients in civil antitrust litigation, civil and criminal government investigations, third-party subpoenas, and other regulatory matters.
Committed to community service, Matt maintains an active pro bono practice too. He has represented low-income families at the trial level and criminal defendants on appeal, including at the certiorari stage before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before joining McGuireWoods, Matt clerked for The Honorable Mark S. Davis and The Honorable Douglas E. Miller, both of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He later returned to federal judicial service to clerk for The Honorable G. Steven Agee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, rejoining McGuireWoods afterward.
Matt graduated summa cum laude from William & Mary Law School, where he served on the William & Mary Law Review.
- Representation of a managed IT services provider in a contract dispute.
- Representation of a locomotive manufacturer in federal litigation involving antitrust and breach-of-contract claims.
- Representation of a top-10 U.S. bank in federal agency investigations.
- Representation of a large U.S. bank in responding to third-party subpoenas in federal civil antitrust litigation.
- Representation of a cement and ready-mix concrete producer in federal civil antitrust litigation.
- Representation of a national freight broker in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit involving federal preemption.
- Pro bono representation of a Virginia criminal defense lawyers organization as amicus curiae in a criminal appeal before the Court of Appeals of Virginia involving the attorney–client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine.
- Representation of Virginia public housing authority in a series of mechanic’s lien enforcement actions.
- Representation of Virginia public housing authority in a contract dispute involving a low-income housing development.
- Pro bono representation of a criminal defendant at the certiorari stage before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging federal sentencing error.
- Representation of a private federal security contractor in defending against a Second Amendment claim by a pro se plaintiff. Secured complete dismissal on a motion to dismiss.
- Representation of a software company on a petition for appeal before the Supreme Court of Virginia defending a multibillion dollar jury verdict for trade secrets misappropriation. Secured grant of the petition.
- Representation of a global manufacturer and distributor of chemical products in a contract dispute.
- Pro bono representation of an individual client in a landlord-tenant dispute. Successfully counterclaimed against the landlord and secured the return of the client’s security deposit following a bench trial.
- Representation of an American magnesium production company in arbitration arising from a dispute involving the placement of securities.
- Representation of a New York elevator company in insurance coverage litigation.
- Representation of an American private security and protection company in insurance coverage litigation.
- Pro bono representation of an individual client in opposing a partition-by-sale action.
- Representation of a real estate developer in a quiet title action in connection with multifamily housing development.