Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Matt is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, where he has worked since its founding in 1993. Mr. Matt's practice focuses on multi-state and nationwide class actions and encompasses consumer, insurance, products, antitrust, environmental, employment, and labor issues. His ability to organize and develop a standardized approach to prosecuting individual class cases across many states involving the same defendants and similar factual and legal issues continues to be a key factor in the firm's success.

Mr. Matt's cases include the Average Wholesale Price Litigation, Ford and Nissan Accelerator Litigation, Washington State Ferry Litigation and Tobacco Litigation. In the Tobacco Litigation, he assisted with client liaison responsibilities, working closely with assistant attorneys general in Oregon, Ohio, Arizona, Alaska, and New York, as well as assisting in briefing and arguing motions to dismiss. Working on various discovery issues, including discovery requests, briefing on discovery motions and appearances at discovery hearings, Mr. Matt also developed expert disclosure statements and prepared testimony for a variety of expert witnesses.

Mr. Matt's publications include co-authoring the comment, ""Providing a Model Responsive to the Needs of Small Businesses at Formation: A Focus on Ex Ante Flexibility and Predictability"" appearing in the Oregon Law Review.

Sean earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Indiana University, graduating with highest distinction. An associate editor of the University of Oregon School of Law's Law Review, he graduated with his law degree in 1992, after earning membership in the prestigious Order of the Coif.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Securities Law

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1992
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1993
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1993

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon

Address

1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98101

Phones

(206) 268-9327

Faxes

(206) 623-0594

Emails

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Websites

http://www.hagens-berman.com