About the Oak Firm

Hailing from Alamance County, Matt began as a budding entrepreneur running his own business for over a decade. While running the business, his legal career also took shape: focusing on some of the deeper societal issues, including childhood literacy, poverty and death penalty reform. The more he learned about each of these urgent issues, the more he felt called to law school. While there, he found an innate talent for civil litigation.

He competed for Moot Court and Law Review, earning high marks in national competitions. He specialized in Alternative Dispute Resolution, focusing on Arbitration and Negotiation to improve client results. He litigated cases in federal court on constitutional and civil claims. He continued to mentor and tutor new students while in law school.

After graduation, he honed those same litigation and dispute skills in Family Law and Workers’ Compensation, working both on enforcement and defense to better his clients’ place. He saw he could litigate at a high level, but that he preferred to resolve disputes amicably.

When North Carolina faced the scourge of Covid, Matt went to the Division of Employment Security and helped manage an overburdened state office in need of reform. He got to know the court systems and officials working in each county. He deepened his study of the law. In 2023, Matt forged further as an Associate Attorney General at the North Carolina Department of Justice while learning the intricacies and layers of state governance.

When he is not in court or representing clients, he enjoys live music with his family, and focusing on the great outdoors as an avid skier, a trained SCUBA rescue diver, and a devoted mountain biker.