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Matthew P. McGuire

Alston & Bird LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Law School:
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Website:
    http://www.alston.com
  • Languages:
    French
  • Location:
    555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 600
    Raleigh, NC 27601-3034
Matthew McGuire is a partner in Alston & Bird's Litigation & Trial Practice Group, where his practice focuses on complex commercial and business tort litigation, including class action defense, financial services litigation, and antitrust litigation. He also serves as the Managing Partner of Alston & Bird's Research Triangle, North Carolina office.  He has represented companies across a wide variety of industries in the prosecution and defense of claims involving breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, trade secret theft, commercial defamation, predatory lending and usury, negligent loan servicing, wrongful foreclosure, telecommunications law, complex disability insurance disputes and product liability issues. He has been acknowledged by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for both Commercial Litigation and Banking & Finance Litigation.

A member of the North Carolina State Bar, Mr. McGuire is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Mr. McGuire is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the North Carolina Bar Association.
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Lawyer Bio

Matthew McGuire is a partner in Alston & Bird's Litigation & Trial Practice Group, where his practice focuses on complex commercial and business tort litigation, including class action defense, financial services litigation, and antitrust litigation. He also serves as the Managing Partner of Alston & Bird's Research Triangle, North Carolina office.  He has represented companies across a wide variety of industries in the prosecution and defense of claims involving breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, trade secret theft, commercial defamation, predatory lending and usury, negligent loan servicing, wrongful foreclosure, telecommunications law, complex disability insurance disputes and product liability issues. He has been acknowledged by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for both Commercial Litigation and Banking & Finance Litigation.

A member of the North Carolina State Bar, Mr. McGuire is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. Mr. McGuire is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the North Carolina Bar Association.
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Education:

  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., graduated 1993
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MA, graduated 1990
  • University of Notre Dame, BA, graduated 1988

Bar Admissions:

  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Litigation - Banking and Finance, Raleigh (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance

Areas of Expertise:

  • Banking
  • Complex Litigation
 

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Alston & Bird LLP
http://www.alston.com
 
Headquarters
One Atlantic Center, Suite 4900
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
(404) 881.7000
13 Office Locations
in 3 Countries

Belgium

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Level 20 Bastion Tower

Five Place du Champ De Mars

Brussels B-1050

Belgium

32 2 550 3700

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China

China

Beijing, China

Hanwei Plaza

West Wing, Suite 21B2

No. 7 Guanghua Road

Chaoyang District

Beijing 100004

China

86 10 8592 7500

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Shanghai, China

36/F Bund Center

222 Yan An Dong Road

Shanghai 200002, P.R.C.

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86 21 2312 1288

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United States

United States

California

California

East Palo Alto, CA

1950 University Avenue, Fifth Floor

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2282

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(650) 838.2000

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Los Angeles, CA

333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3004

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(213) 576.1000

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Sacramento, CA

1121 L Street, Suite 700

Sacramento, CA 95814

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(916) 498.3305

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San Francisco, CA

560 Mission Street, Suite 2100

San Francisco, CA 94105-0912

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(415) 243.1000

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

The Atlantic Building

950 F Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004-1404

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(202) 239.3300

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New York

New York

New York, NY

90 Park Avenue, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10016-1387

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(212) 210.9400

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North Carolina

North Carolina

Charlotte, NC

Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4000

101 South Tryon Street

Charlotte, NC 28280-4000

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(704) 444.1000

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Raleigh, NC

555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 600

Raleigh, NC 27601-3034

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(919) 862.2200

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Texas

Texas

Dallas, TX

Chase Tower, Suite 2300

2200 Ross Avenue

Dallas, TX 75201

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(214) 922.3400

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Lawyer Case History

Experience

  • Representation of mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, consumer lenders, payday lenders, banks, and other financial services companies in actions involving claims arising under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), state unfair or deceptive trade practices acts, predatory lending and usury statutes, wrongful foreclosure claims, deceptive advertising statutes, commercial foreclosure and guaranty litigation, and a wide variety of state common law claim theories.
  • Representation of a national manufacturing company in a price fixing and market allocation antitrust class action MDL.
  • Representation of a Fortune 50 technology company in a series of consumer class actions alleging violation of various state unfair or deceptive trade practices acts arising out of sales of consumer electronic products.
  • Representation of a national health care group purchasing organization in antitrust and contract litigation.
  • Representation of a major telecommunications company in litigation arising out of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as well as eminent domain litigation.
  • Representation of a national insurance company in complex disability claims litigation.
 
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