Matt Anderson's practice is equally divided between
criminal defense litigation and civil litigation. He is presently a contract
defender for the State of Vermont in Rutland County. His criminal defense practice
ranges from D.U.I. defense to serious felonies. His civil practice largely consists
of insurance defense matters of all sorts and plaintiffs' personal injury cases.
He also practices family law and conducts some real estate transactions. He
handles the majority of the firm's Vermont Supreme Court appellate writing.
Mr. Anderson is also admitted to practice law in New York and in Federal Court
for the District of Vermont. He is a member of the American, Vermont and Rutland
County Bar Associations and The Vermont Association of Trial Lawyers.
Mr. Anderson is a third generation alumnus of the Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Rutland. He obtained his B.A. in philosophy with a dual minor in speech and political science from the University of Vermont in 1997. While at UVM, he was a member of the school's nationally recognized intercollegiate debate team and won several large debate tournaments. After college, he worked for Sun Financial Group in Boston, MA assisting stockbrokers with securities transactions for one year before attending law school. Mr. Anderson received his Juris Doctorate from the nation's oldest law school, the College of William and Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. In that singular respect, he shares the company of four former U.S. Presidents.
Matt is a former Trustee for the Rutland Association of Retarded Citizens
(ARC). He is a member of the Vermont Saint Andrews Society and the Rutland Italian-American
Club where he is the captain of one of the Club's powerhouse bocce teams. He
is also an avid, though unaccomplished, tennis player and golfer.