100% civil litigation, focusing upon 4 main areas:

• Estate / Trust / Probate Litigation (inheritance disputes)

• Divorce / Family Litigation (especially cases involving high net worth / assets or older adults)

• Commercial Litigation (business disputes)

• Personal Injury Litigation (accidents and wrongful death)

• The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas (Juris Doctor) (1999)

• Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas (Bachelor of Arts in Politics) (1996)

• Thomas Edison Preparatory High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1992)

• Named to the 2012-2025 Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine Lists (Estate and Trust Litigation)

• Named to the 2013 Arkansas Business “40 Under 40” List

• 2013 co-recipient of Arkansas Bar Association’s “Lawyer Community Legacy” Award

• 2012 co-recipient of Arkansas DHS/Governor’s Office/KARK Channel 4 “Community Service [Individual] Award”

• 2011 recipient of Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyer Section’s “Frank C. Elcan II Leadership Award”

• 2010-2011 member of Arkansas Bar Association’s Leadership Academy

• 2010 co-recipient of Hendrix College’s “Outstanding Young Alumnus” Award

• 2009-2010 co-recipient of Arkansas Bar Association’s “Presidential Award of Excellence”

• 2008-2009 recipient of Arkansas Bar Association Judith Ryan Gray “Outstanding Young Lawyer” Service Award

• Arkansas Bar Association (Member of House of Delegates, 2012-2015)

• Arkansas Bar Foundation---Fellow

• Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association

• Pulaski County Bar Association

• All Arkansas courts, including Arkansas Supreme Court and Arkansas Court of Appeals

• United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

• United States District Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri

• United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.

• United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Matt has been practicing with the firm ever since graduating from law school in 1999. He served as a law clerk for the firm commencing in 1998 while attending law school. Matt has handled a wide variety of civil and criminal litigation for individuals and businesses, ranging from small entities to Fortune 500 companies.

He has also spoken at numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars (e.g., Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention; ABA’s “Best of CLE” seminar; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, etc.) on such issues as estate and trust litigation, electronic surveillance, and qui tam suits under the federal False Claims Act.

In his free time, Matt enjoys the outdoors, exercising, traveling, reading, and Arkansas Razorback football, basketball, and tailgating. He is a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock. Matt also keeps busy with charitable activities, participating in such efforts as the Center for Arkansas Legal Services (CALS) (www.arlegalservices.org/center) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing free legal representation to low-income Arkansans.

He is co-founder and former President of the Board of Directors for Harmony Health Clinic (www.harmonyclinicar.org), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing free medical and dental care to low-income, uninsured Arkansans living or working in Pulaski County. Matt formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Pulaski County Single Parent Scholarship Fund.

Author of WEALTH WARS: Arkansas Estate, Trust, Probate And Inheritance Litigation And Dispute Resolution Blog (www.arkansaswealthwars.com)

• Chair, Editor, and Contributing Author of 18 and Life To Go: A Legal Handbook For Young Arkansans, a publication authored by the ABA’s Young Lawyers Section (available at www.arlegalservices.org/center)

• Author, Remember Your Oath?: Young Lawyers’ Obligation To Render Public Service, Spring 2009, YLS In Brief, Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section 

• Co-Author, Pretextual Use of Search Warrants in Federal White Collar Crime Investigations of Legitimate Businesses to Conduct Custodial Interrogations of Targets, Employees, and Occupants: Can They Really Do That?, 26 U. Ark. Little Rock Law Rev. No. 2 (Winter 2004)