Matthew A. Woodley

Matthew A. Woodley

recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023
Awarded Practice Areas
Administrative and Public Law Defamation and Media Law Labour and Employment Law
Awarded Practice Areas
Administrative and Public Law Defamation and Media Law Labour and Employment Law
Matthew A. Woodley
Matthew A. Woodley
Edmonton, AB
Works at
Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP

22 Best Lawyers awards

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Biography

Matt focuses on employment, free expression, constitutional, and administrative law.

He provides advice to organizations including employers, print and broadcast media organizations, post-secondary institutions, municipalities and professional regulatory bodies, and to individuals. He is admitted to the bar in Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Matt has appeared at all levels of Court in Alberta on matters ranging from the constitutional right to equality, to free expression in the media and on post-secondary campuses, open courts, and privacy law.

He has appeared as counsel before the Yukon Court of Appeal on a matter relating to media law, and before the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in a case involving defamation. Matt has also appeared as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter involving a constitutional challenge to a publication ban.

Matt clerked with the Alberta Court of Appeal and Court of King’s Bench before articling with Reynolds Mirth. He teaches Administrative Law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.

He also taught Communications Law at MacEwan University for 10 years, and provides pro-bono services to the Edmonton Community Legal Centre. He is a volunteer board member with the Alberta Law Reform Institute.

Works at
Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP

22 Best Lawyers awards

Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP logo

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Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026 for work in:
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Defamation and Media Law
  • Labour and Employment Law

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