Matthew W. Schmidt
litigates complex commercial and other cases in state and federal courts and in
arbitration. He represents clients in all stages of litigation and counsels clients
in areas including insider trading, fiduciary duty, Delaware derivative and
corporate law, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, antitrust law,
corporate governance, channel stuffing, employee poaching, internal
investigations, and civil RICO.
In his pro bono
practice, Mr. Schmidt was a key team member in a successful historic class
action, in conjunction with the New York Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of
indigent criminal defendants against the State of New York and five upstate
counties seeking systemic reform of the public defense system of New York. He
also obtained asylum for an Afghan UN worker who had fled his country after
receiving credible death threats from the Taliban.
Mr. Schmidt was
previously associated with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where his practice
focused on securities, derivative, and commercial litigation on behalf of
publicly- and privately-held companies, their directors and officers, and
financial services industry clients.
Mr. Schmidt
graduated from the New York University School of Law, where he was Articles
Editor of the Journal of Law and Liberty. He obtained his B.S.B.A. in Finance,
magna cum laude, from Georgetown University, where he was a member of Beta
Gamma Sigma business honors society and a varsity oarsman on the lightweight
crew team.