Brian P. Matthews
Biography
Brian Matthews is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s New York office. Brian is a passionate litigator with experience in a broad spectrum of complex litigation at the state and federal levels.
His practice encompasses all phases of commercial litigation from pre-litigation investigation and guidance, through discovery and trial. Brian regularly represents clients in all aspects of sophisticated and high-profile litigation matters involving breach of contract, business fraud, commercial real estate disputes, partnership and limited liability company disputes, commercial foreclosure, and the restructuring of troubled loans.
Brian also has experience representing clients in mediation, arbitration, appeals, class actions, and multidistrict litigation. He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the country representing local, national, and global companies. Drawing on his broad spectrum of experience, Brian plans and implements both offensive and defensive strategies to achieve beneficial results for his clients.
Brian graduated from Rutgers Law School, where he was the co-chair of the Moot Court Board and a member of the Women’s Rights Law Reporter. At graduation, he received the Myron Harkavy Prize, awarded to the student showing the most promise as a trial lawyer.
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- Successfully challenged and invalidated an overbroad noncompete provision included as part of a business sale agreement.
- Represented a commercial real estate enterprise in defending the Board of Managers application of the company’s operating agreement.
- Successfully litigated and resolved multiple actions brought against the owner of a mall in Central Florida related to the redevelopment of the mall property
- Successfully defended a small business owner against his prior employer, who brought an action seeking an injunction due to alleged violations of a noncompete and nonsolicitation agreement.
- Represented a private equity firm as a member of a joint venture in a dispute against another member involving a multi-million-dollar development in Brooklyn, New York.
- Counseled a book and magazine distributor in professional malpractice claims against a regional law firm in connection with advice concerning its ERISA planning.
Some of these representations were handled by Brian prior to joining Haynes Boone.
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- New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
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- Recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., Ones to Watch, 2021-2024
- Recognized in New Jersey Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, Rising Stars, 2017-2019, 2021-2024. See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
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Education
- J.D., Rutgers School of Law Newark, 2012
- B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 2007
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald B. Graves, J.A.D., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 2012-2013
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
