Matt concentrates his practice in labor and employment, public agency, regulatory compliance, workplace and school investigations, professional liability, general liability, contract drafting and disputes, and administrative law. He devotes a considerable portion of his practice to serving clients in the education and nonprofit communities.
Serving as general counsel for several nonprofits, Matt provides advice on incorporation, governance, dissolution, employment, contracts and contract disputes, liability, and regulatory compliance, as well as representation before state administrative agencies and state/federal courts.
Matt also maintains a significant education law practice, advising governing bodies of schools and administrators on a myriad of education law issues, including special education, employment, student/staff discipline, government relations, open government, contract law and constitutional law. In addition to representing numerous schools in a variety of matters before state administrative agencies and state/federal courts, Matt also serves as outside general counsel to the Massachusetts Charter Public Schools Association and the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools. He is active with the Alliance for Public Charter School Attorneys and served on the National Litigation Council for the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools. Matt regularly presents substantive seminars on legal issues affecting charter public schools, traditional public schools, as well as private and independent schools.
Matt handles investigations involving discrimination, harassment, civil rights, Title IX, misfeasance and malfeasance for a variety of organizations, public and private.
Prior to law school, Matt taught 7th and 8th Grade in the North Carolina public schools for four years and has an Advanced Competencies Teaching License for Social Studies Education (Grades 6–12). Matt recently concluded his second term as an elected member of the East Greenwich School Committee, a seven-member body charged with the care, control and management of the East Greenwich Public Schools, a leading public school district with 6 schools, over 300 employees, approximately 2,600 students and a budget of approximately $40,000,000.
In that capacity, he served on the district’s collective bargaining agreement negotiation team, numerous hiring committees, and the personnel and policy subcommittees.
