Overview

Matthew Nazareth is Of Counsel in the Trial and Litigation Practice Group. He participates in all aspects of litigation in California state and federal courts, as well as appeals in the California Courts of Appeal and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His litigation experience includes defense of class actions, coordinated proceedings, and serving as second chair at trials.

Matthew has handled litigation matters in a variety of areas of substantive law, including catastrophic disasters, First Amendment, Brown Act compliance, section 1983 claims, inverse condemnation, breach of contract, residential and commercial real estate, unfair competition law, trade secret misappropriation, FDCPA, discrimination, independent contractor misclassification, Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act. He has also advised and counseled on employment law issues, including employee handbooks, wage and hour, hiring, and termination issues.

Matthew handles pre-trial litigation, all aspects of discovery, pre-trial and dispositive motion practice, mediation and settlement conferences, and trial. In addition, Matthew handles appellate litigation, with experience in California and federal courts, petitions for writ of mandate, petitions for supersedeas, and merits briefing in the California Supreme Court.

Matthew also worked in the Federal Pro Se Clinic of Public Counsel of Los Angeles, where he performed intake and gave procedural advice to pro se litigants and conducted settlement conferences. After graduating from law school, Matthew clerked for Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal of the District Court for the Central District of California.