Matt has appeared countless times in the state and federal appellate and trial-level courts. A sampling of his reported appellate cases includes:

• Estate of Savino v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, --- S.E.2d ---, 2018 WL 6314302 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018) (obtained reversal of $5.5 million jury verdict for pain and suffering in medical-malpractice appeal)
• Town of Apex v. Rubin, --- S.E.2d ---, 2018 WL 4996285 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018) (successfully defended landowner against municipality-backed private taking)
• Little River, LLC v. Lee County, 809 S.E.2d 42 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017), review denied, 818 S.E.2d 692 (N.C. 2018) (overturned governmental refusal to issue special-use permit)
• Ehmann v. Medflow, Inc., 817 S.E.2d 206 (N.C. 2018) (obtained dismissal of appeal filed by company’s former directors accused of self-dealing)
• Awartani v. Moses H. Cone Mem. Hosp., 817 S.E.2d 503 (N.C. Ct. App.), review denied and appeal dismissed, --- S.E.2d ---, 2018 WL 6531665 (N.C. 2018) (successfully defended hospital against class-action constitutional challenge to collection practices)
• AVR Davis Raleigh, LLC v. Triangle Construction Co., 818 S.E.2d 184 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018) (successfully overturned trial court’s refusal to order arbitration in multi-million-dollar construction dispute)
• In re Bate Land & Timber, LLC, 877 F.3d 188 (4th Cir. 2017) (successfully overturned district court’s dismissal of case)
• Eli Global v. Heavner, 794 S.E.2d 820 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016) (successfully overturned trial court’s dismissal in business-defamation case)
• E. Brooks Wilkins Family Medicine, P.A. v. WakeMed, 784 S.E.2d 178 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016), review denied, 797 S.E.2d 18 (N.C. 2017) (obtained dismissal of appeal on jurisdictional grounds)
• Dehart v. HomEq Servicing Corporation, 679 F. App’x 184 (3d Cir. 2017) (successfully defended bank against appeal by homeowner)
• Newton v. Barth, 788 S.E.2d 653 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016) (successfully overturned trial court’s dismissal of class-action against corporate insiders accused of fraud)
• Spoor v. Barth, 781 S.E.2d 627 (N.C. Ct. App.), review denied, 789 S.E.2d 4 (N.C. 2016) (successfully overturned trial court’s dismissal of class-action against corporate insiders accused of fraud)
• American Mechanical, Inc. v. Bostic, 782 S.E.2d 344 (N.C. Ct. App.), review denied, 784 S.E.2d 472 (N.C. 2016) (obtained dismissal of appeal on jurisdictional grounds)
• N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Clear Technology, Inc. 601 F. App’x 181 (4th Cir. 2015) (successfully overturned district court’s award of summary judgment in software-licensing dispute)
• WakeMed v. Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC, 778 S.E.2d 308 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015) (successfully overturned trial court’s dismissal in multi-million-dollar contract dispute)
• Mussa v. Palmer-Mussa, 731 S.E.2d 404 (N.C. 2012) (successfully overturned Court of Appeals decision in alleged bigamy case, pro bono)
• Bogovich v. Embassy Club of Sedgefield, Inc., 712 S.E.2d 257 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011) (successfully defended judgment obtained by corporate shareholder against fellow shareholder)
• Mugno v. Mugno, 695 S.E.2d 495 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010) (successfully overturned trial court’s order requiring payments from closely held corporation)

A sampling of Matt’s reported trial-level cases includes:

• Welton v. Durham County, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2018 WL 4656242 (successfully defended County against federal civil rights and related claims)
• Alston v. Privette, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, 2018 WL 4604448 (successfully defended hospital against federal civil rights and related claims)
• In re Branch, 569 B.R. 657 (E.D.N.C. Bankr. 2017) (successfully defended hospital in data-security and privacy litigation)
• Jenkins v. Moses H. Cone, --- F. Supp. 3d --- (E.D.N.C. 2018) (successfully defended hospital against ERISA-based class action challenging its billing practices)
• Southern v. WakeMed, --- F. Supp. 3d --- (E.D.N.C. 2018) (successfully defended hospital against ERISA-based class action challenging its billing practices)