Matthew A. Gass (Matt)
Matt Gass is a Member in the firm's Atlanta office where he handles a variety of litigation matters in state and federal court. He is a commercial litigator with significant experience representing international, national, and regional law firms and accounting firms. His clients have also included trustees, brokers, and businesses.
Matt is often retained to advise clients on how to manage risk, limit exposure, and resolve high-stakes disputes. He advises his accounting firm clients concerning investigations by the IRS, SEC, and DOJ, as well as on subpoena compliance issues. He also assists his clients with negotiating and drafting contracts.
Matt is a seasoned litigator who has successfully tried several cases. He has experience defending law firms and accounting firms in professional liability claims arising out of fiduciary duties, trusts and estates issues, litigation, business disputes, First Amendment claims, family law, real estate transactions, Stark Law compliance, tax matters, and audit engagements.
Training, Forging Relationships, and Building Firm Culture with Younger Lawyers in the New Normal
The Back on Track Series, Atlanta Bar Association, Joint Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section and Litigation Section Breakfast, April 1, 2022
Louisville law firm announces big growth in Atlanta
by Jason Thomas, Louisville Business First, January 27, 2022
Stites & Harbison Continues Expansion in Atlanta: Lands Commercial Litigation Team of 12 from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell LLP
FranklinIs, January 25, 2022
19 Attorneys Move to Stites & Harbison, Rapidly Growing Atlanta Team
by Jacob Polacheck, Daily Report, January 25, 2022
Wake Forest School of Law
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Law Review, Senior Notes & Comments Editor
summa cum laude
Syracuse University
Prior to joining the firm, Matt was a Partner at a large commercial litigation firm in Atlanta. He began his legal career clerking for the Hon. Chief Judge Ben Studdard, Henry County State Court.
Best Lawyers in America®, Ones To Watch, Commercial Litigation (2022)
The Back on Track Series: Training, Forging Relationships, and Building Firm Culture with Younger Lawyers in the New Normal
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Ansley Golf Club, 196 Montgomery Ferry Drive, Atlanta, GA 30309
Atlanta office attorney Matt Gass will be a panelist for this seminar presented by the Atlanta Bar Association.
Stites & Harbison Adds 19 To Atlanta Team From 2 Firms
Law360 (January 24, 2022, 1:17 PM EST) -- Stites & Harbison PLLC has added 12 Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell LLP attorneys and all seven of Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP's attorneys to its Atlanta office, the firm recently announced.
Stites & Harbison Continues Expansion in Atlanta – Lands Commercial Litigation Team of 12 from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell LLP
ATLANTA—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 12 attorneys from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP (CSKL), including named Partner Johannes S. Kingma, Managing Partner Shannon M. Sprinkle and General Counsel William D. Newcomb, have joined Stites & Harbison’s Atlanta office.