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 Matthew Levinson is an associate at Cole Pedroza LLP. He graduated with distinction from Cornell University, where he studied economics and government. He then earned a J.D. at UCLA School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the UCLA Law Review. He began his career at Thelen Reid & Priest LLP in Los Angeles, where his practice focused on appeals and writs. He represented institutional and individual interests in litigation related to torts, insurance, healthcare (MICRA, EMTALA), construction, and other commerce (including Interstate Commerce Act, California Unfair Competition Law, liquidated damages, attorney conflict of interest, CERCLA, and Uniform Trade Secrets Act).
Representative appellate engagements included:
- Appeals achieving reversal of two multimillion dollar judgments against a Fortune 500 client in commercial actions.
- An appeal reversing a contempt order against a physician client.
- An appeal reversing dismissal of a physician practice group client’s unfair business practice claim against a health insurance carrier.
- Successful defense of more than a dozen judgments on behalf of respondent clients.
- Seven amicus briefs on behalf of the California Medical Association.
After leaving Thelen Reid & Priest, he further expanded his professional experience representing consumer clients with a focus on catastrophic products liability cases, including automotive design defects, as well as business fraud and legal malpractice. He also obtained on appeal a new damages trial for plaintiff clients in a real estate fraud action while successfully defending the liability determination on cross-appeal; and, in another case, obtained issuance of an alternative writ prompting the trial court to reverse its order denying counsel’s withdrawal motion.
Matthew has drafted briefs in more than fifty appellate and writ proceedings in the California Court of Appeal and in the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and argued a number of times before the California Court of Appeal. Published opinions include: Bockrath v. Aldrich Chemical Co., et al. (1999) 21 Cal.4th 71; and Abbott v. Mandiola (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 676. Published amicus opinions include Bonds v. Roy (1999) 20 Cal.4th 140; Delaney v. Baker (1999) 20 Cal.4th 23; Belton v. Bowers (1999) 20 Cal.4th 928; Barris v. County of Los Angeles (1999) 20 Cal.4th 101; and Vargas v. Del Puerto Hospital (9th Cir. 1996) 98 F.3d 1202.
Matthew is a member of the Appellate Courts Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
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