A dynamic litigator, Matt represents clients in high-stakes commercial litigation matters, and in civil and criminal investigations and matters brought by State Attorneys General and the federal government.
Matt concentrates his practice on representing clients facing enterprise-threatening commercial litigation, defending clients and their businesses in state and federal courts across the country. He has a successful track record at trial and is known as a talented writer who can win a case through dispositive motion practice.
As co-founder and leader of the firm’s State Attorneys General group, Matt has also built a national practice that has grown alongside client needs. He frequently interfaces with State Attorneys General across the country, advocating for clients on important policy positions and cases of national importance and supporting clients through sensitive litigation, antitrust matters, and multi-state investigations and regulatory enforcement matters brought by State Attorneys General.
Matt’s recent successes include:
- Represented GKN Aerospace Inc. and parent Melrose Industries in complex commercial dispute with The Boeing Company in St. Louis County Court and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The matter was resolved with a confidential settlement.
- Represented an agricultural coalition that obtained preliminary injunction against enforcement of California's Proposition 65 warning requirement on First Amendment grounds; case currently stands as the only time a federal court has enjoined a Proposition 65 warning requirement on First Amendment grounds.
- Represented a high-ranking executive in the telecommunications industry accused of conspiracies to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. United States vs. Pajaczkowski, S.D.N.Y., 15-cr-606. Despite sentencing guidelines suggesting 20-25 years of incarceration, the client was sentenced only to time served.
- As first-chair trial counsel, obtained sizable jury verdict for compensatory damages in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.
- Represented clients applying for and receiving corporate leniency from DOJ Antitrust. No criminal charges were filed against the client.
- Represented a medical provider in complex commercial litigation matters in federal courts across the country centered on first impression legal issues stemming from CARES Act and PREP Act.
- Prevailed on a motion to dismiss in the representation of a healthcare facility in a qui tam matter alleging damages of approximately $33 million; client instead received a judgment for an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation costs against whistleblowers, which was successfully defended on appeal.