Matt Sweeney, shareholder in the Firm's Nashville office, is a business trial and appellate lawyer and dispute resolution neutral. Mr. Sweeney, who was initially trained in white collar criminal defense, has broad trial and appellate experience in complex, class action and shareholder derivative litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States, with a concentration in franchising and related antitrust, securities, fraud and fiduciary duty, consumer protection and employee benefits cases. Mr. Sweeney also counsels attorneys on questions of legal ethics and professional responsibility of lawyers. Mr. Sweeney is a former Circuit Court Judge in Nashville and was Presiding Judge of the district's Trial Courts. As a judge, he tried more than 150 jury trials during the four years he served on the bench. When appointed to the court, Matt Sweeney was the youngest trial judge in Tennessee.
Lawyer Profile
Matthew J. Sweeney III
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Recognized Since:2005
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Recognized in:Administrative / Regulatory LawArbitration...
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Location:Baker Donelson Center, Suite 800211 Commerce StreetNashville, TN 37201
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- Seton Hall University, B.A., graduated 1973
Bar Admissions:
- Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:
- Franchise Law, Nashville (2020)
- Franchise Law, Nashville (2018)
- Arbitration, Nashville (2017)
- Franchise Law, Nashville (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Arbitration
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Franchise Law
- Litigation - Securities
- Mediation
Areas of Expertise:
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Business Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Disputes
- Complex Litigation
- Dispute Resolution
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Fiduciary Duties
- Franchise
- Litigation
- Mediation
- Neutral
- Securities
- Stockholders' Suits
Lawyer Client Comments
"Matt Sweeney does excellent work!"
Sue Cain, Metropolitan Nashville, Department of Law, Nashville
Firm Details
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
https://www.bakerdonelson.com
Headquarters
First Tennessee Building, Suite 2000
165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 526.2000
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Office Locations
in 2
Countries
Lawyer Case History
Representative Business and Complex Litigation Matters
- Lead litigation, trial and appellate counsel for national disaster restoration franchisor in series of major franchise cases throughout the United States.
- Lead litigation and appellate counsel for regional hospitality franchisor in series of major franchise cases throughout the Southeastern United States.
- Trial and appellate counsel for local government in series of pension and employee benefits cases; lead defense counsel in a change of control benefits case following corporate merger.
- Lead counsel for defendant directors in state derivative action arising from merger of Canadian public company.
- Co-counsel in defense of shareholder derivative action arising from merger of Tennessee public company.
- Co-counsel for underwriter defendants in federal securities class action.
- Co-counsel for defendant directors in federal securities class and state/federal derivative actions arising from adverse stock performance of an insurance company.
- Co-counsel for defendant equity fund investor in federal securities class and related state derivative action related to acquisition.
- Co-counsel for acquiring company defendant in state shareholder class action breach of fiduciary duty case.
- Lead counsel in minority shareholder oppression case.
- Co-lead defense counsel in complex corporate veil piercing and fraud case.
- Lead counsel in case to remove local elected official from office.
