Matt Nickel > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
1900 N. PEARL ST
SUITE 2200
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
TEXAS
United States
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Matt Nickel
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Matt Nickel is a trial lawyer who focuses on complex litigation with an emphasis on defending product liability cases, suits brought by state Attorneys General, class actions, and cases involving pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Matt has led teams defending cases involving the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as state Medicaid fraud, consumer protection and antitrust cases. He has an extensive background in the medical arena, including work as a sales representative for a major pharmaceutical company. Matt also has experience with direct defense of aging services facilities in lawsuits asserting professional liability, personal injury, negligence, elder abuse, wrongful death and other related claims.
Matt has successfully defended numerous class actions. In the last several years, he has successfully defended and/or favorably resolved class action claims stemming from a variety of cases including numerous class actions related to allegedly defective building products, a consumer class involving a large gasoline recall, and a class action related to the recall of numerous pharmaceutical products.
Matt has significant experience in federal and state courts throughout the country in both individual actions, class actions, and large multi-district litigations. He has handled all aspects of litigation, from pre-suit resolution through trial. His experience includes managing discovery, taking and defending depositions of key witnesses, expert witness development, and briefing complicated legal and scientific issues. Matt tried an Eighth Amendment pro bono case to verdict in federal court in Missouri.
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law; B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense