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Matthew A. Tucker

mtucker@shermansilverstein.com
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Phone: 856.661.2067
Fax: 856.488.4744

4300 Haddonfield Road
Fairway Corporate Center
Pennsauken, New Jersey 08109

Matthew A. Tucker is an associate in the Firm's Litigation Group. Building on an impressive academic career, he has rapidly gained recognition and respect among peers, opposing counsel, and judges as a diligent and resolute advocate.

Mr. Tucker handles a broad range of litigation in state and federal courts. His cases involve the following:

  • Insurance Law, including first-party insurance coverage actions.
  • Employment -related disputes.
  • General commercial litigation, including commercial lease-related issues.
  • Personal injury cases.
  • Bioethics and clinical trials litigation.

Mr. Tucker is also the Firm’s primary criminal and municipal defense attorney.

Before law school, Mr. Tucker worked as an Amendment Coordinator in the New York office of Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, where he assisted the Firm’s Structured Finance & Derivatives Department.

Education

JD, Rutgers School of Law – Camden, 2005

Three year recipient, Academic Promise Scholarship
James Hunter III Memorial 2003-2004 Advanced Moot Court Competition: Semi-finalist, Author, "Top Ten" brief award
Member, Rutgers Journal of Law & Urban Policy Senior Marketing & Public Relations Editor (2004-2005)

BS, Tufts University, 1997

Member, Student Senate
Member, student-faculty committee on the role of ROTC on campus
Member, student-faculty committee on implementing need-blind admissions policies

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

State of New Jersey, 2005
Pennsylvania, 2005
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2006
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005
Pro hac vice, US District Court for the District of Columbia
Pro hac vice, US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

American Bar Association
Member Since: 2005

Camden County Bar Association
Member Since: 2005

Philadelphia Bar Association
Member Since: 2005

INTERNSHIPS AND EXTERNSHIPS

Summer Judicial Intern

The Honorable Clifford Scott Green, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

City of Philadelphia Extern

City of Philadelphia Law Department, Labor & Employment Division