Profile
Matthew Thomas is a member of the Litigation Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Dallas office. Matt focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. Matt has significant experience litigating cases before state and federal courts, including multi-district litigation and bankruptcy courts.
Capabilities
Experience
- Briefed and obtained multimillion-dollar summary judgment (including attorneys’ fees award) for telecommunications infrastructure acquisition company in breach of lease agreement dispute (400th District Court).
- Obtained $4.1 million summary judgment on a breach of contract claim for a boutique consulting and advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions (S.D. Tex.).°
- Briefed, argued, and obtained dismissal with prejudice for a major oil and gas company on jurisdictional grounds on the eve of trial (218th District Court).°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Thomas prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Catalyst Strategic Advisors, L.L.C. v. Three Diamond Capital SBC, L.L.C., 93 F. 4th 870 (5th Cir. 2024). Court of appeals upheld district court’s $4.1 million grant of summary judgment in favor of boutique consulting and advisory client, rejecting application of procuring-cause doctrine to commission-based contract.
Recognition & Leadership
- Associate, Baker Institute Roundtable
- Member, Dallas Bar Association
- Member, Dallas Film Society
- Notes and Comments Advisory Committee Member, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
Credentials
Education
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J.D., with honors, Emory University School of Law, 2021
- Editor-in-Chief, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
- B.S., summa cum laude, University of Kentucky, 2017
Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit