Matthew A. Porter Esq.

Matthew A. Porter is a Partner in the Boston office of Jackson Lewis LLP, where he concentrates his practice exclusively on employment litigation and counseling. He routinely advises employers on a wide variety of employment law issues, including allegations of unlawful discrimination, employee discipline and discharge, disability management, reductions in force, non-competition agreements, and litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Mr. Porter also has extensive class action experience. Mr. Porter has substantial trial experience, and appears frequently in state and federal courts in employment-related litigation. He also defends employers in administrative proceedings at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, and other state human rights agencies. Mr. Porter is a member of the Bar of the federal and state courts in Massachusetts, and has also litigated extensively in many different state and federal courts throughout the United States. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Porter was a partner with the prominent international law firm Dechert LLP. Mr. Porter is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1995, magna cum laude) and the University of Massachusetts (B.A. 1990). While at Boston University, he was elected Executive Editor of the Boston University Law Review and received numerous awards for outstanding academic achievement.

• Dechert LLP, Partner
• Boston University School of Law Legal Aid Clinic, Attorney Advisor
• Jackson Lewis
• Languages
• English

• Welch v. People’s United Bank, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS (D. Mass.).
• Hewlett v. IBM, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 238769 (D. Mass.).
• Dusel v. Factory Mutual Insurance Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131269 (D. Mass.).
• Walsh v. UHS of Fuller, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 202968 (D. Mass.).
• Nardone v. LVI Services, Inc., 94 Mass. App. Ct. 326 (2018).
• Nardone v. Northstar Group Holdings, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 233376 (D. Mass.).
• Bartel v. Stephanie Assoc., 2018 Mass. Super. LEXIS 887.
• St. Pierre v. CVS, 265 F. Supp. 3d 131 (D. Mass. 2017).
• Komari v. Tufts Univ., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99627 (D. Mass.).
• Tuvell v. IBM, 643 Fed. Appx. 1 (D. Mass. 2016).
• Hochstetler v. IBM, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9223.
• Asia v. Res-Care, 59 F. Supp. 3d 260 (2014) (D. Mass.).
• Anderson v. First Student, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87010 (D. Mass.).
• DiFiore v. American Airlines, 454 Mass. 486 (2009) (D. Mass.).
• Katziff v. Beverly Enterprises, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143506 (D. Ark.).
• Kinch v. Quest Diagnostics, 652 F. Supp. 2d 131 (D. Mass. 2009).
• Rockland Trust v. Computer Associates, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61687 (D. Mass.).
• Rhodes v. JP Morgan Chase, 562 F. Supp. 2d 186 (2008).
• Kelly v. Omni Lingual Services, 2007 D.N.H. 108.
• 20 Atlantic Ave. Corp. v. Allied Waste Indus., 482 F. Supp. 2d 60 (D. Mass. 2007).
• Harrington v. Delta Airlines, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8144 (D. Mass.).
• American Twine LP v. Whitten, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46086 (D. Mass.).
• Levin v. Dalva Brothers, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2154 (D. Mass.).
• Eggert v. Merrimac Paper, 311 F. Supp. 2d 245 (D. Mass. 2004).
• In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation, 2004 U.S. Dis. LEXIS 35403 (D. Mass.).
• Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Pfizer, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21940 (D. Mass.).
• Nortel Networks v. Foundry Networks, Inc., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28064; (D. Mass.).
• Boyle v. International Truck, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7810 (D. Mass.).
• Okor v. Atari Games, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7809 (D. Mass.).
• Miller Brewing Co. v. ABCC, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 801 (2002).
• Spencer v. Baxter International, Inc., 163 F. Supp. 2d 74 (2001).
• Principal Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Racal-Datacom, Inc., 233 F. 3d 1 (2000).

• Massachusetts, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2016