{"id":751,"date":"2016-09-21T10:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonwalsh.com\/?page_id=751"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T20:07:59","slug":"matthew-skanchy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wilkinsonstekloff.com\/who-we-are\/matthew-skanchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Skanchy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Skanchy<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Matthew Skanchy is Counsel at Wilkinson Stekloff. He is an experienced trial attorney and has played key roles on multiple trial teams taking cases to verdict in federal, state, and administrative courts. He is skilled at trial strategy and preparation, including managing trial teams and preparing expert and fact witnesses to testify at trial.<\/p>\n

Matthew recently represented Altria Group, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in multi-district litigation \u00a0arising out of Altria\u2019s minority investment in JUUL Labs, Inc., including \u00a0the first government entity bellwether trial brought by the San Francisco Unified School District. Matthew is also \u00a0currently representing the NCAA in putative class action lawsuits challenging the NCAA\u2019s rules regarding student-athletes\u2019 use of their names, images, and likenesses (\u201cNIL\u201d).<\/p>\n

In addition, Matthew has notable experience briefing pre- and post-trial motions and appeals for a diverse array of clients. He represented the Executive Council of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake in Hengle v. Asner<\/em>, a consumer class action filed in the Eastern District of Virginia in April 2019, where motions practice resulted in plaintiffs dropping all claims for money damages against the Tribe\u2019s economic development arms. The dismissal of plaintiffs\u2019 injunctive relief claim under RICO was affirmed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also has significant internal investigation experience, including conducting numerous witness interviews.<\/p>\n

Matthew maintains an active pro bono practice, primarily representing clients in post-conviction and constitutional matters in state and federal courts. In this role, he has delivered opening and closing statements and examined multiple witnesses during evidentiary hearings. Most recently, Matthew secured the compassionate release of an incarcerated client who had been in custody for 29 years, since he was just 17 years old. Matthew has repeatedly been recognized for his pro bono service on the D.C. Court of Appeals\u2019 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll.<\/p>\n

Before joining Wilkinson Stekloff, Matthew served as a law clerk to Judge Carolyn B. McHugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Robert G. Doumar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Matthew attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Senior Editorial Board of the Virginia Law Review<\/em> and was selected to mentor first-year law students in legal research and writing as a Hardy C. Dillard Writing Fellow.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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