Matthew A. Steward
Director and Shareholder, Chair of Litigation Practice Group
Mr. Steward is a director and shareholder of the firm and has extensive trial and litigation experience. For more than twenty years, Mr. Steward has represented clients in a variety of matters including trade secret litigation, shareholder litigation, business disputes, products liability defense, white collar criminal defense, and complex divorce actions.
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Litigation
- Securities Enforcement, Regulatory Defense and Litigation
- Shareholder Disputes
- White Collar Crime, Government and Independent Investigations
- Divorce and Domestic Relations Disputes
- Mediation for Separation and Divorce
- Premarital/Prenuptial Agreements
- Juris Doctor, University of Oregon School of Law (1996); Articles Editor, Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation (1994-1996)
- Bachelor of Science, Economics and Political Science, with honors, Colorado College (1991)
- U.S. District Court, District of Utah
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- Successfully defended USA Hockey, Inc. in litigation with Utah Hockey, and in administrative proceedings before the U.S. Olympic Committee
- Successfully defended a minority shareholder and attorney in a corporate dissolution proceeding, a Utah State Bar disciplinary hearing, and in a white collar criminal case
- Successfully prosecuted an action for unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets on behalf of a corporation against one of its founders who started a competing company
- Successfully represented pharmaceutical companies in the defense of products liability claims
- Successfully represented a prominent national alarm company in various state and federal litigation matters
- Utah Legal Elite, Civil Litigation, Utah Business Magazine (2008-2011, 2015, 2017-2020)
- Peer Rated Distinguished®, High Professional Achievement, Martindale-Hubbell®
- Clinical Instructor (Family Law), University of Utah School of Law (1997-1998)
- President, Utah Open Lands (2006-present)
- Utah State Bar Examiner (2000-present)
- Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society of Social Science
