Matt is an associate in the Providence, Rhode Island office, and a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice in the areas of products liability defense, mass torts, and other complex tort litigation as well as employment law, general liability insurance defense, and maritime law. Matt’s work experience includes representing corporate clients in all phases of civil litigation. He routinely defends clients against claims arising in negligence, breach of contract, breach of warranty, wrongful death, and failure to warn. Matt serves as Regional 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 South. Additionally, Matt handles a variety of employment-related discrimination cases and premise liability actions.
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.