Profile
Matthew is an associate in Murphy Pearson’s San Francisco office, whose transactional practice focuses on corporate entity formation, business planning, and corporate governance and whose litigation practice includes handling corporate and business-related disputes. He brings a strong background in complex business and financial planning, state and local tax controversy, and litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Matthew worked at a large accounting firm in SF – where his practice specialized in state and local tax (SALT) controversy and consulting, representing and advising businesses and individuals in complex tax matters involving sales, use, franchise, income, and transaction taxation. Prior to that, Matthew worked at a boutique appellate tax litigation firm in SF.
Matthew earned his J.D. from the University of California Davis, King Hall School of Law, with certificates in both Business Law and Tax Law. During law school, he served as a legal intern for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., and gained valuable regulatory and compliance experience as a legal intern for a vertically integrated California cannabis company. Prior to law school, he worked as legal assistant and paralegal for a boutique civil litigation and trial firm in SF.
Education
J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law
B.A., San Francisco State University