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Mr. Matthews is an associate in the Firm’s Tort Defense Group. He has practiced in a wide variety of fields, and currently he focuses his practice on the defense of businesses and manufacturers in product liability and warranty litigation. He has successfully managed litigation programs for major automobile manufacturers involving dozens of cases in Virginia, regularly advises on document retention policies and electronically stored information, and is devoted to providing timely, accurate, and relevant legal advice to his clients. Mr. Matthews served as an officer in the United States Army for more than 12 years, the last six of which were spent in the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. As a Judge Advocate, he tried over 50 criminal cases and administrative separation hearings involving complex criminal litigation. For two years, he coached military units on legal issues commonly encountered on the battlefield. In his final tour of duty as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate of the Fort Eustis, Virginia legal office, Mr. Matthews supervised ten attorneys and twenty staff members providing legal support to the installation in the areas of tort litigation, legal assistance, criminal prosecution, environmental and contract law, and administrative and regulatory law. Before becoming a Judge Advocate, Mr. Matthews served as a Field Artillery officer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In his free time, he volunteers as an instructor, traveling around the country teaching firearms safety and rifle marksmanship skills. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Richmond, Virginia, August 2007-Present Bowman and Brooke LLP, Richmond, Virginia, July 2006-July 2007 United States Army, 1993-2006: Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Senior Defense Counsel, and Administrative Law Attorney, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Observer/Controller, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Trial Counsel, Legal Assistance Attorney, and Income Tax Assistance Center Officer-In-Charge, Fort Polk, Louisiana; U.S. Army Funded Legal Education Program; Adjutant and Basic Combat Training Unit Executive Officer, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Education College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1999 Belmont Abbey College, B.A., Business Administration, 1993, cum laude Extended Information Published Works Curing the Every-Other-Weekend Syndrome: Why Visitation Should be Considered Separate and Apart from Custod The Journal of Woman and the Law, William & Mary School of Law, 1999 Surviving a Product Liability Lawsuit , Small Arms Review, November 2007 Classes and Seminars Taught Invited Lecturer in Technology and Trial Advocacy, William and Mary School of Law, Spring 2008 Preserving Appellate Objections in the Military Court System, United States Army Trial Defense Service Spring Conference, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 2003 Honors and Awards Litigation Fellow, Center for Courtroom and Legal Technology, William and Mary School of Law Excellence in Advocacy, Spring 2000 Criminal Law Advocacy Course, The Judge Advocate General’s School of the Army Delta Epsilon Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society Professional Memberships Defense Research Institute Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys Virginia Citizen’s Defense League National Shooting Sports Foundation Admitted Virginia U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia Place of Birth Charlotte, North Carolina |
