Latham & Watkins LLP

Matt Rawlinson is a trial lawyer in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins and former Managing Partner of the office, as well as former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice.

In the last several years, Matt has served as successful trial counsel in more than half a dozen matters, defeating billions of dollars in asserted claims. He has tried cases in federal and state court in California, in Delaware, and before arbitrators throughout the country. Matt is one of a handful of attorneys in the country who have tried federal securities claims to a successful jury verdict.

He has represented clients in the biotech, semiconductor, software, and medical device industries, among others.

Matt joined Latham in 1997 after completing a judicial clerkship for Judge James B. Loken, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.