Matthew Knowles

Practice Areas

Matt Knowles advises companies, boards of directors and individuals in high-stakes commercial litigation as well as government and internal investigations. He represents clients in a broad range of litigation matters at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts across the country, including class actions and other complex matters.

Matt frequently represents companies and individuals in investigations and litigation under the False Claims Act. He also has substantial experience helping clients manage legal and reputational risk in crisis situations, including recent matters involving disease outbreaks at hospitals, allegations of misconduct at medical facilities and disputes involving educational institutions.

Matt has an active pro bono practice, where he has challenged wrongful convictions, a death penalty appeal, disputes between students and educational institutions concerning reasonable accommodation and racial discrimination, domestic violence victim protection cases and employment discrimination matters. He recently represented a traveler in pro bono litigation against TSA after an abusive search and false arrest at an airport checkpoint. This case resulted in an en banc decision from the Third Circuit establishing travelers’ rights to pursue damages from the TSA under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Matt graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the recipient of the Charles H. Smith Bequest Scholarship and was named a Dean’s Scholar in the Federal Courts and the Federal System. He served as an honors legal intern in the Office of Legal Counsel for the US Department of Defense and as an intern in the office of the US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He also served as an intern to the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

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