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Matthew Sheridan

Matthew Sheridan

Baker Botts L.L.P., United States

Work Department

Litigation

Position

Special Counsel

Career

Matt guides clients through disputes. He has helped clients navigate a variety of high-stakes, complex commercial matters in both state and federal courts and in arbitration with a particular focus on matters involving ERISA and healthcare.

Matt has extensive experience defending claims for benefits and breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA, including class actions. He also represents companies in a broad range of commercial litigation, including securities litigation, consumer claims, personal injury, and business litigation involving fraud and contract claims. Matt also routinely advises clients on both state and federal law that regulate the disclosure of protected health information.

Before joining Baker Botts, Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lynn N. Hughes of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

Education

J.D., Baylor Law School 2013 magna cum laude Senior Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review

B.A., Baylor University 2010 magna cum laude

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