H. Matthew Taylor is member of Flaster Greenberg’s Litigation Department, Labor & Employment Practice Group, and Sports Law Industry Group. Matt focuses his practice on employment and commercial litigation, wage and hour issues, contract disputes, business torts, trade secrets and restrictive covenant matters as well as class action defense. He counsels clients in matters pending across the country and regularly handles all aspects of litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Matt represents private and public businesses and individuals in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and before administrative agencies. He also counsels clients on a broad range of employment and labor law matters.
Prior to joining Flaster Greenberg, Matt spent nearly a decade practicing law at a full-service AmLaw 100 firm. In addition, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Virginia A. Long, Justice (ret.), New Jersey Supreme Court, as well as for the Honorable Joel Schneider, U.S.M.J., United States District Court, D.N.J.
Representative Matters
- Draft dispositive motions in employment and other commercial and civil litigation matters resulting in favorable settlements and dismissal of claims.
- Recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of individual defendants and business owners in a contentious wage and hour class action pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
- Argued before the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division and obtained reversal of trial court decision denying clients’ motion to compel arbitration in 446 Bellevue LLC v. Global Life Enters., LLC, No. No. A-0730-17T2, 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1690 (App. Div. July 16, 2018).
- Obtained dismissal of all claims in FINRA arbitration proceeding involving allegations of fraud in the sale of a life insurance policy and related investment product.
Honors & Awards
- Selected as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer’s 2022 Professional Excellence Awards
Professional Affiliations
- Tri-State HRMA
- Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ)
- Camden County Bar Association
News
- Press Release()
- Press Release()
Events
- Cannabis in the Workplace, Virtua Health ASC Retreat, Virtua Hospital()
- Sexual Harassment Awareness and Recent Legal Trends: Employer Best Practices, Tri-State Human Resource Management Association (HRMA) Legal Symposium, Rowan College – Gloucester County()
- Sexual Harassment Awareness, GRSM National Monitor Series Webinar()
- Whistleblower and Associational Discrimination, GRSM National Employment Law Webinar Series()
- Identifying Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Issues, GRSM National Employment Law Webinar Series()
- Identifying Joint Employer and Independent Contractor Issues, GRSM MyHR Help National Webinar Series()
Articles & Alerts
- Mass Torts and Class Actions in New JerseyNew Jersey Environmental Law Handbook, Eighth Edition()
- Buyer Beware: The Proliferation of Online Counterfeit GoodsU.S. 1()
Practice Areas
Industry Groups
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
Education
- Delaware Law School, Widener University, J.D., magna cum laude
- Widener Law Review, Associate Editor
- University of Maryland – College Park, B.A. in Government and Politics
Clerkships
- Honorable Raymond A. Batten, J.S.C. (ret.), New Jersey Superior Court