J. Matthew Little

Matthew LittleRated AVPartner
mlittle@tcdg.com
Telephone: (919) 873-0166
Facsimile: (919) 873-1814

Areas of Practice:
Government and Municipal Law
Medical Malpractice
Motor Vehicle Negligence
Nursing Home Litigation
Products Liability
Professional Liability
Trucking and Commercial Transportation
Workers' Compensation

Matt attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a National Merit Scholar, received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1989, and he earned a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1993. While in law school, he was a member of the Student Trial Bar and was also a founder and the first coordinator of the Trial Bar Community Outreach Program.

Matt joined our firm in September 1993 and became a partner in January 2001. Currently, his civil practice is primarily focused on professional liability, including medical malpractice, complex products liability, construction defect litigation, and fire loss claims. Matt also maintains an active workers' compensation practice.

Matt is a member of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Defense Research Institute, North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, and Wake County Bar Association. He is licensed to practice in all three Federal District Courts in North Carolina, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Matt has tried a substantial number and variety of cases in the Civil Superior and District Courts of North Carolina and before the North Carolina Industrial Commission. He has also appeared in cases pending before various licensing boards, including the Physicians, Dental and General Contractor's Boards, has handled cases in all of the United States District Courts in North Carolina, and has also defended a large number of complex federal multi-district cases pending in other Federal Circuits. In addition, Matt has an active appellate practice, having appeared in a substantial number of cases heard by the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court, as well as in the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.