Matthew employs a bespoke approach to each prospective or actual legal dispute before him, allowing him to tailor the scope and pace of representation to the client’s needs and objectives. By exhaustively examining the factual record and identifying legal pressure points and vulnerabilities, he endeavors to advance a pragmatic litigation strategy in concert with his clients’ priorities, whether it be incremental problem-solving, forceful and expedited action, or a more traditional sustained course of advocacy. He has represented a broad range of plaintiffs, defendants, appellants, appellees, claimants, and respondents, including Fortune 500 companies, world-renowned brands and fashion houses, hedge funds, biotech conglomerates, and commercial real estate owners and developers.
Matthew takes greatest pride in keeping his clients out of litigation. Informed by his extensive litigation experience, he advises clients on a wide array of contractual and regulatory issues, all the while counseling his clients on the benefits, legal risks, and practical implications of each course of conduct or business decision. He negotiates, drafts, and advises clients on purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, intellectual property licenses and instruments, cross-branding agreements, commercial leases, employment and severance agreements, general contractor and subcontractor agreements, and corporate governance documents. He also advises on corporate, regulatory, antitrust, tort, and employment law compliance, offering clients coordinated support and advice across myriad operations and activities.
In addition, Matthew advises and assists clients in trademark and trade dress prosecution and portfolio management before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). He has filed, prosecuted, maintained, and advised on hundreds of federal trademark applications and registrations. His combined experience in intellectual property counseling, prosecution, and infringement litigation allows him to holistically address all of his clients’ needs and objectives in protecting, exploiting, monetizing, and enforcing their brands at all stages of the supply chain and beyond.
