Matt is a partner with the law firm of Bolen, Robinson & Ellis, LLP. Matt is a Central Illinois native, growing up and attending high school in Mt. Zion. After having a successful career in business that took him all over the country, he returned home in 2012 to practice law.
Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville in 2000. After college, Matt entered the business world and worked in the vehicle service industry for nearly 10 years. Matt gained experience as a leader in the industry and moved up the corporate ladder with positions of increasing responsibility in St. Louis, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. But his heart was always back home in Central Illinois.
In anticipation of returning home to work, live, and serve in the community he grew up in, Matt went back to law school and earned his Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 2012, graduating Cum Laude.
During law school, Matt served as a member of the Moot Court Board and competed in the National Cultural Heritage Moot Court competition in both 2011 and 2012. He also received the Honorable William Welch Award for Excellence in Labor Law and was selected by the school to serve as a mentor and leader for incoming students during his second and third years of law school. During his final semester, the Honorable A.G. Webber employed Matt as a law clerk in the Macon County Circuit Court.
Matt joined BRE Law during his last semester of law school and eventually became a partner. He is admitted to practice law in Illinois State courts and the Central District of Illinois. He is active in the community and a member of the United Way Board, the Illinois State and Decatur Bar Associations, and the National Employment Lawyers Association. Matt focuses his practice in the areas of Employment and Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Transactions, and Personal Injury. In his free time, Matt enjoys the outdoors and spending time on the lake with his wife Jessica, also an attorney, and their dog Marshall.
