Biography
Matt brings his experience investigating genocide in Rwanda and defending high-profile government investigations in D.C. to Jackson Walker’s litigation section. His cases often involve claims of fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty. In addition to his commercial litigation practice, Matt advises clients in internal investigations and defends them against government investigations.
Before joining Jackson Walker, Matt specialized in white-collar criminal defense at a leading Washington, D.C. law firm. There, he secured a declination in a Foreign Agents Registration Act investigation led by DOJ’s National Security Division into a high-profile politician-turned-lobbyist, secured a declination in a fraud investigation led by DOJ’s Tax Division into an ultra-high-net-worth businessman, and successfully defended numerous False Claims Act investigations. He also drafted a winning brief in the Ninth Circuit that expanded the scope of Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Matt graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with honors, where he served as an editor on The Review of Litigation, a leading law journal that has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before law school, Matt spent over a year in Rwanda conducting hundreds of interviews with survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide. He spent the next year writing a report on his findings. When the post-genocide government released the report, it was covered in the New York Times. Matt proudly developed evidence that was submitted to the United Nations in opposition to the early release of the perpetrators of the genocide.
Education
B.A., magna cum laude, Loyola University Chicago
J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law
- Notes Editor, The Review of Litigation
Bar Admissions
Texas
District of Columbia