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Matthew C. Matheny

Matthew C. Matheny

Provost Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P.

Accident & Injury, Wrongful Death, Car Accident, Personal Injury, FELA, Railroad Crossing Accidents, Aviation Accidents, FLSA-Overtime Wage Claims, DTPA and Bad Faith Insurance Claims

Language(s): English
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About Matthew

Matthew C. Matheny handles personal injury cases with Provost Umphrey Law Firm in Beaumont. He has handled a wide range of matters including industrial explosion accidents; automobile accidents; wrongful death; maritime and offshore accidents, railroad crossing accidents, aviation accidents; environmental contamination; chemical exposure; Federal Employers' Liability Act; Fair Labor Standards Act-Overtime Wage claims; Deceptive Trade Practices, Bad Faith Insurance Claims and mass/class actions.

He has worked with clients in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, New York, Washington and the District of Columbia. Currently, Matheny is serving as lead counsel in the NFL Concussion Litigation on behalf of Provost Umphrey.

Board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Matheny is admitted to practice law in Texas and Pennsylvania; and before the U.S. Court of Appeal, 5th Circuit Court; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and the U.S. District Courts - Eastern, Northern and Southern District of Texas; and Western District of Michigan.

A Texas Rising Star, an honor given to the state's top up-and-coming attorneys by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers, Matheny shares the title with no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state. Matheny has been named a Rising Star in 2010, 2012-2015.

Mr. Matheny has been a Texas Super Lawyer and named to Best Lawyers in America from 2015 to present. He was also named Southeast Texas Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America®, US News, 2018.

Matheny has also received the AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards.

In 2015, Mr. Matheny was honored as the Baylor Law School Young Lawyer of the Year.

He graduated from the Baylor University School of Law in Waco, Texas and received his undergraduate degree in History from Rhodes College in Memphis Tennessee.

Matheny has volunteered with student mock trial and teen court programs, orphaned and abused children's groups, nature conservancy organizations, and actively supports civic activities in southeast Texas and Lamar University.

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Experience

Attorney

Provost Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P.

Present

Beaumont, TX

Teaching and Research Assistant

Baylor Law School

N/A

N/A

Admission

Verified Pennsylvania

2009

Verified TX

2003

Education

Baylor Law School, Baylor University

J.D.

2003

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Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Jefferson County Bar Association
  • Texas Trial Lawyer's Association
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Advocates Board of Directors
    2009 - Present
  • Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Secretary/Treasurer
    2007 - Present
Honors / Awards
  • Southeast Texas Lawyer of the Year Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation The Best Lawyers in America®, US News
    2018
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, US News
    2015 - 2020
  • Baylor Young Lawyer of the Year
    2015
  • Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business
    2015 - 2020
  • Texas Rising Stars, a Thomson Reuters Business
    2010 / 2012 - 2015
  • The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
    2013 - Present
  • Houston's Top Lawyers, Personal Injury H Texas Magazine
    2013 - 2015
  • Fellow | Texas Bar Foundation
  • Member National Association of Distinguished Counsel
    2015
  • Top 40 Under 40 Beaumont Enterprise
    2014
  • The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40
    2014
  • America's Most Honored Professionals The American Registry
    2014
  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
    2012

Notable Work

Cases

Richard Zapf, et al vs. Texas Department of Transportation

Plaintiff Verdict-Gross Amount $1,145,000.00-reduced under Texas Tort Claim Caps on Damages to $250,000.00.

Additional Info

Provost Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P. Highlights

Accident & Injury, Wrongful Death, Car Accident, Personal Injury, FELA; Railroad Crossing Accidents; Aviation Accidents; FLSA-Overtime Wage Claims; DTPA and Bad Faith Insurance Claims

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Languages: English, Spanish
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