Matt focuses on complex commercial litigation, representing clients in IP, contract, and regulatory litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts.

He has significant expertise in federal jurisdiction and procedure. Matt is at home digging out case-changing evidence, crafting legal strategies under arcane statutes and procedures, eliciting critical deposition or trial testimony, and arguing on his feet to trial courts, appellate courts, and arbitrators.

Matt is also recognized as an authority on issues relating to the federal Controlled Substance Act and cannabis and psychedelics regulation. Matt is nationally ranked as Band One in Psychedelics Law by Chambers USA and was a previous member of the Law360 Cannabis Editorial Advisory Board. Matt is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching a course on cannabis and psychedelics law.

Matt has received national recognition for his work in IP litigation, commercial litigation, and controlled substances litigation. The American Lawyer previously named Matt a finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year (Litigation), and the American Inns of Court named him a 2020 Pegasus Scholar. Best Lawyers in America recognized Matt in Commercial Litigation, and Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers recognizes him as a “Texas Rising Star” in IP Litigation, Cannabis Law, and Administrative Law.

Before joining the firm, Matt was a judicial clerk to the Hon. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, spending hundreds of hours in court helping manage one of the busiest trial dockets in the country. He was also a litigator with Paul Weiss in New York City.