Richmond VIRGINIA

  • Address:
    • 1111 East Main Street, Suite 2400
      Richmond, Virginia, 23218-1998
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  • Hours:
    • Monday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Tuesday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Wednesday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Thursday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Friday: 08:30 - 17:00
    • Saturday: By appointment
    • Sunday: By appointment
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ABOUT Matthew D. Green

Matthew Green offers his clients a deep understanding of Virginia Law. He frequently serves as a trusted advisor to in-house attorneys, state agencies, manufacturers, developers, insurers, and more. His familiarity with the reputations of specific courts and jury pools enables him to judiciously navigate localized legal outcomes with seasoned perspectives. In every step, his goal is to provide the thorough support that helps his clients come out ahead.

In addition to his jury trial experience, Matt has successfully resolved a variety of alternative disputes so that you can focus on your mission. He is also well-versed in the uniquely accelerated litigation approach of the Eastern District of Virginia’s “rocket docket.”

Matt applies his thorough and wise legal insight to help resolve suits that include embezzlement, malpractice, and catastrophic injury. His experience equips him to arbitrate matters in the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and to efficiently litigate breach of contract cases. Persistent and driven, he enjoys applying his talents to help his clients gain coverage initially denied to them. Further, his personal injury-related capabilities include mediating multiple cases involving traumatic brain injury. Should clients seek legal guidance for product liability claims, he can foster successful outcomes, drawing from his diverse experience that includes recreational vehicles, tainted food claims, and more. In 2020, Matt will serve as the President of the Virginia Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Prior to law school, Matt was a Small Business Advisor in the United States Peace Corps stationed in Honduras. He has also trekked across Central America, South America, Europe, and the Indian Subcontinent.

Recognition

•Selected to the American Board of Trial Advocates
•Rated “AV (highest rating)
Martindale-Hubbell
•Best Lawyers in America, 2012 - 2020
•Benchmark Litigation’s Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008 - present
•Virginia Super Lawyer, 2007 - present
•Recipient of the E. Randolph Williams Award
for outstanding pro bono service
•Legal Elite, Civil Litigation, Virginia Business Magazine, 2019

Publications

News by Matthew D. Green

•Virginia’s “Collateral Source Rule” Applies to Breach of Contract Matters
•Court Refuses to Allow EU Privacy Laws to Shield U.S. Company from Discovery Obligations

News About Matthew D. Green

•Sands Anderson Elects New Shareholders
•Forty Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2019 Virginia Business Legal Elite
•21 Sands Anderson attorneys named to 2020 Best Lawyers List
•Twenty Sands Anderson Attorneys Included in 2019 Super Lawyers List
•23 Sands Anderson attorneys named to 2019 Best Lawyers list
•20 Sands Anderson PC Attorneys Named to 2018 Best Lawyers List
•Twenty-One Sands Anderson attorneys included in 2017 Super Lawyers list
•Matthew Green Joins Sands Anderson Law Firm

Professional Highlights

•Represented a Virginia agency in a lawsuit against its independent auditor who failed to recognize a $1 million skimming embezzlement
•Resolved a real estate tax liability dispute prior to suit for a commercial manufacturer in a professional malpractice matter against a “Big Four” accounting firm
•Settled a matter involving coverage denial for an employment discrimination suit brought by employees
•Secured a successful summary judgment motion on behalf of an insurer of a commercial horse stable complex that collapsed from excessive snowfall
•Settled a jury trial before deliberations began for a national transportation client in a personal injury matter that involved six medical experts

Community Service

•Boy Scouts of America
Troop Committee Chair, Troop Leader
•Trinity United Methodist Church
•YMCA
Soccer Coach

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Areas of LAW

  • Insurance Claims

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