Matt Lalli is a trial attorney with over 20 years of experience handling lawsuits in federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals in Utah, California and throughout the United States.
Representative Experience
Securities and business fraud defense
- From his earliest days as a lawyer, Matt has represented companies and individuals in securities fraud class actions involving the issuance of public and private securities under federal and state securities laws. Matt also represents individuals under investigation or subpoena by the Securities and Exchange Commission and state counterparts. In both a civil and criminal context, he represents defendants against allegations of insider trading, registration and regulatory violations, perpetration of Ponzi schemes, and RICO and racketeering participation.
Corporate and partnership control disputes
- For corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and intra-family disputes, Matt represents clients involved in struggles for control assets, shares, and voting rights. This representation includes advancing or defending claims regarding fiduciary duties, operating and partnership agreements, dissolutions, non-competition and non-solicitation, and corporate waste.
Professional liability
- Matt represents attorneys, accountants, directors and officers, and other professionals in claims involving malpractice, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting, and negligence. In the area of legal malpractice in particular, Matt has been honored to be among the Best Lawyers in America for legal malpractice defense for a number of years. He has represented lawyers from large firms, small firms, and everything in between.
Contracts
- Matt represents clients in all types of contract disputes, including partnership agreements, operating agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation, insurance, real estate, and subscription agreements. His clients participate in a wide variety of industries, including energy and natural resources, network marketing and multi-level marketing, real estate development, insurance, manufacturing and distribution, and health and nutrition.
Insurance
- In addition to defending a variety of insureds under insurance policies for professional liability, errors and omissions, comprehensive general liability, property, and title insurance, Matt also has represented insurers in coverage disputes and claims of bad faith liability. From time to time, Matt also represents insureds in coverage disputes with their insurers.
Real estate and construction
- Matt represents project owners, developers, and contractors in real estate and construction disputes. The projects in which he has represented clients range from condominium-hotel developments with thousands of units to small condominium developments with as few as twenty units. Matt has represented real estate agents and brokerage companies, developers of luxury resort properties, residential subdivision properties, and owners involved in disputes with contractors.
Financial services
- Matt has represented several financial institutions when sued by customers and non-customers for alleged involvement in various types of fraud, including Ponzi schemes, leased funds schemes, and employee misconduct.
Class actions
- Matt has represented companies and individuals in class action matters involving the federal and state securities laws, various consumer statutes, and large scale real estate developments.
Education
- Brigham Young University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988)
- Lead Notes and Comment Editor, BYU Law Review
- University of Utah (B.A., English and Philosophy, cum laude, 1985)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Utah
- Supreme Court of California
- United States District Court, District of Utah
- United States District Court, All Districts of California
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of Utah
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court, Master
Representative Presentations & Publications
- 13 Tips for Avoiding Legal Malpractice, Presenter, Utah State Bar
- Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Utah, Presenter, Lorman Education Services Seminar (August 15, 2002)
- Ethics, Malpractice, and the Bar, Presenter, Utah State Bar Annual Convention (June 2002)
- Allocation of Settlement Sums and Attorneys' Fees Between the Company and the D&O Carrier in Securities Fraud Class Actions, 23 Securities Regulation Law Journal, Vol. 2, p. 163 (Warren, Gorham & Lamont 1995)
- When Your Own Client's Documents May Become Your Adversary's Work Product, 13 S.F. Barrister Law Journal, No. 12, p. 24 (December 1994)
Professional Recognition & Awards
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business®, Litigation: General Commercial (2007-2011)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law (2007-2012); Banking & Finance Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement Litigation (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Securities Litigation (2012)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Business Edition, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants (2012)
- Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation - Business Edition (2011)
- Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation - Corporate Counsel Edition (2008-2010)
- Mountain States Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation (2007-2011)
- Utah Legal Elite: Civil Litigation, Utah Business magazine (2009-2012)
Other Professional Experience
- Latham and Watkins, San Diego and San Francisco, California (1988-1996)
