With more than a decade of experience in Washington, Matthew provides clients with strategic and legal advice and helps them navigate intricate and sensitive government processes and the complex regulatory environment. He represents clients before both the legislative and executive branches with tailored strategies for success. He also advises clients on political, reputational, regulatory, cyber, and national security risk management. He has served in senior roles at the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Department of State, in the Intelligence Community, on Capitol Hill, and at the White House.

In his public life, Matthew most recently served as deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats within Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict at the Pentagon. In this role, he led the Department of Defense’s counternarcotic, counter threat finance, and counter transnational crime efforts to combat illicit trafficking of drugs, people, wildlife, natural resources, and weapons.

Prior to his role at the Department of Defense, Matthew served as the counselor for Land and Minerals Management at the Department of the Interior, where he managed policy and regulatory enforcement for oil and gas, coal, and other mineral activity on the Outer Continental Shelf and other federal lands. Before that, Matthew served in various roles at the White House culminating as deputy assistant to the president and acting White House Cabinet secretary. As acting secretary, Matthew served as the primary liaison between the president and the Cabinet. In that role, he coordinated communications, policy, logistics, and managed complex regulatory issues that affected multiple federal agencies.

In addition to his work at Bradley, Matthew currently serves as a judge advocate in the North Carolina Army National Guard. In his military capacity, he has spent time in Europe, Africa, and has deployed to various locations in the Middle East. Most recently he deployed in support of Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.

Matthew places a high value on his pro bono practice and community involvement. In that practice, he advises and counsels veterans and veterans service organizations over a broad range of issues. He also volunteers with the Congressional Hockey Challenge, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Waterfront Church DC’s Night to Shine – a prom held for teens and young adults with mental and physical disabilities.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 2016
• Michigan, 2014

• United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• United States District Court, Western District of Michigan
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
• United States Army Criminal Court of Appeals
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D., 2014
• National Intelligence University, Master of Science and Technology Intelligence (MSTI), Cyber Intelligence & Data Analytics, 2023
• United States Army War College, M.A., Strategic Studies, 2018
• Michigan State University, B.A., Political Science, 2010, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity