Matthew N. Menzer
Principal
Email: mnm@menzerlawfirm.com

Practice Areas: Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Negligence; Nursing Negligence; Trust and Guardianship Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Federal Criminal Law.

Admitted: 1988, California; 1990, Hawaii; 1992, Washington; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Law School: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1987

College: Brown University, A.B., 1981

Member: King County Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Biography: Judicial Law Clerk to: Honorable Nina Gershon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1987-1988; Honorable Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 1989-1990. Certified Settlement Guardian Ad Litem, King County, Washington. Frequent Speaker in Continuing Legal Education Courses: Wrongful Death Litigation; Federal Civil Procedure; Guardianship and Trust Litigation; Law and Motion Practice.

Born: Santa Monica, California, 1959

ISLN: 904856338

EDUCATION AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Matt Menzer is a 1981 graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended Boalt Hall School of Law, at the University of California at Berkeley and earned his J.D. degree in 1987.

After law school, Matt served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan C. Kay of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, and to the Honorable Nina Gershon, now of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Before moving to Washington in 1992, Matt was a trial lawyer for the New York City law firm of Skadden Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom, and for the Hawaii law firm of Lowenthal August and Graham.

From 1992 to 1996, Matt practiced with the Seattle law firm of Culp, Guterson and Grader. At its peak, the Culp firm was one of the largest litigation law firms in Washington with a total of fifty (50) lawyers.

From 1997 to 2002, Matt was a partner in the law firm of McNaul, Ebel, Nawrot Helgren & Vance, which featured about twenty-five (25) lawyers.

In 2002, Matt established the Menzer Law Firm, PLLC with offices in the historic Central Building in downtown Seattle.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Matt is licensed to practice law and a member of the bar associations in the states of Washington, California and Hawaii.

He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Washington, California and Hawaii, the Federal District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of California, the District of Hawaii, the Northern District of California, and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Matt is also admitted to practice before the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Matt is a member of the American Bar Association, the Washington Trial Lawyers Association, the Washington Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the King County Bar Association.

He is also certified to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem and a Settlement Guardian Ad Litem in cases involving minors and disabled persons in King County, Washington.

LECTURER -- CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

Matt has been invited to speak to lawyers and other professionals in seminars on topics which include Handling Wrongful Death Cases in Washington; Topics in Federal Civil Procedure; and Washington Criminal Law and Motion Practice.