Brian W. Matula | Attorney

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About Brian

Brian W. Matula has passionately advocated for his clients since joining Cooper Erving & Savage in 2002.  Mr. Matula represents individuals and businesses in personal injury litigation, motor vehicle litigation, civil rights litigation, premises liability litigation, employment disputes, traffic matters, landlord-tenant disputes, and contract disputes.

Mr. Matula has appeared in the local, trial and appellate courts of New York and Vermont, in federal court in the Northern District of New York, in the New York State Division of Human Rights and has argued before the Vermont Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Cooper Erving & Savage, Mr. Matula attended the University of Vermont and Vermont Law School.  While at Vermont Law School, he was a Senior Editorial Board Member of the Vermont Law Review, and competed nationally on behalf of the law school as a member of the National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Team and National Negotiations Team.  He was a law clerk in the Environmental Unit of the Vermont Attorney General's Office and a Summer Associate with Downs Rachlin & Martin PLLC Vermont's largest law firm.  Mr. Matula graduated from Vermont Law School magna cum laude in 2002.

Mr. Matula is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, and Albany Colonie Chamber of Commerce Capital Leadership Program (2004).  He regularly assists individuals who are interested in proceeding pro se in the United States District Court as the Albany regional panel member of the Federal Court Bar Association's Pro Se Assistance Program.  Mr. Matula is also an officer in Guttenberg Lodge #737, Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York. 

Admission

Verified Vermont

Education

University of Vermont B.A.

Cooper Erving & Savage LLP Highlights

Wills & Probate, Litigation, Lawsuit & Dispute, Accident & Injury, Business

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Languages: English:Spanish