J. Matthew Schmitten
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Antitrust Mergers & Acquisitions
- Antitrust Counseling
- Antitrust Litigation
- Antitrust Policy & Regulation
- Cartel Investigations & Criminal Antitrust Prosecutions
- EU/UK Competition
- Health Care Antitrust
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Federal Government Review
- Antitrust & International Competition
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Liquefied Natural Gas
- Oil & Gas
- Handles competition law litigation.
Matthew Schmitten’s practice covers antitrust litigation and counseling, including advising clients on various matters related to mergers and acquisitions, investigations and litigation.
Earlier in his career, Matthew was an associate at two large international law firms, where he focused on appellate and other complex commercial litigation as well as antitrust disputes. As a former member of an appellate and supreme court practice, he drafted briefs, reply briefs, motions and petitions for certiorari involving a wide range of complex legal issues.
While in law school, Matthew served as president of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies.
- Assisted in drafting petitions for certiorari in various cases, including recognition of a foreign judgment implicating the Moroccan royal family, a landmark Supreme Court securities case, a large telecommunications contract awarded by the state of Florida, and New Jersey regulations governing mobile transportation networks.
- Represented shareholders in Starr v. US before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
- Represented an LLC before the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division in a suit involving a dispute among its former members.
EducationJ.D., Columbia Law School, 2013
B.A., American University, cum laude, 2009
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2013
B.A., American University, cum laude, 2009
ClerkshipsU.S.C.A., 5th Circuit
U.S.C.A., 5th Circuit
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
Georgia
Texas
District of Columbia
Georgia
Texas
- The Legal 500 US, Antitrust: civil litigation/class actions: defense and Anitrust: merger control, 2023.
- Legal intern, National Criminal Law Enforcement Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.