Matthew Lund

I am a trial attorney focusing on complex litigation. With more than 30 years of courtroom experience, I am regularly called upon to handle the most difficult exposures faced by our clients over a broad array of subject matters ranging from high-value contract and business tort claims to federal CERCLA and state law environmental matters. I have represented employers and defended executives in the U.S.'s largest corporations and have published material regarding the rights of corporate officers regarding advancement and indemnification of defense costs. A large part of my casework involves federal court practice, where I have a deep and longstanding commitment to bar-related leadership. I am the President of the Historical Society for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, was the 60th president of the Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan and served for nearly a decade on the U.S. Courts Committee for the State Bar of Michigan. Through appointment by the judges of the Eastern District of Michigan, I served as Chair of the Local Rules Advisory Committee, which is comprised of attorneys who advise the court on revisions to its local rules. My practice also includes a strong and long-standing commitment to pro bono and public interest litigation. I served as lead counsel in a federal voting rights case that successfully challenged the systematic purging of voter lists and related disenfranchisement of thousands of Michigan voters. My work on the case was recognized by the American Lawyer magazine in a feature entitled "Franchise Players," and I was awarded the Firm’s William R. Klaus Pro Bono Award "in recognition of [a] distinguished role in protecting the fundamental right to vote and [as an] inspiration to [our] lawyers to be defenders of the constitutional rights of all." I am the only attorney to have been awarded the Klaus Award a second time, receiving the award separately for my work on a federal lawsuit challenging Michigan's child removal laws and procedures. The case was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in its annual "Most Important Opinions" review. I have taught Advanced Civil Procedure at the Michigan State University College of Law and am General Counsel to the ACLU of Michigan. I serve in the leadership of the Troutman’s Business Litigation Group as Regional Coordinating Partner of the Firm’s Midwest (Detroit and Chicago) Region.