Matt is a partner in the Providence, Rhode Island office, and a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation Practice Group. He maintains a diverse practice with a focus on products liability, premises liability, mass torts, and other complex tort litigation as well as employment law, insurance defense, infectious disease counseling and litigation, and maritime law. He regularly counsels and represents corporate clients in a variety of employment, business, and risk management matters. Matt routinely defends clients against claims arising in negligence, breach of contract, breach of warranty, wrongful death, and failure to warn. Matt serves as Regional Coordinating Counsel for a leading aeronautics company. In this role, he is responsible for the coordination and management of the client’s litigation throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States.
Matt received his law degree magna cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law. During law school, he participated in the Judicial Extern Program serving as a clerk to Superior Court Justice Allen Rubine. Matt received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island where he earned a B.A. in both History and Political Science. Afterward, he earned his M.A. in Political Science with a focus on American Foreign Policy and International Politics.
Matt is admitted to practice in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as well as before the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.