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Matthew Q. Verdin

Associate
San Francisco +1 415 591 7065 mverdin@cov.com Download V-card
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Matthew Verdin is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex class actions and commercial litigation. He has experience representing a wide range of companies in consumer protection, privacy, trademark, antitrust, and other matters.

  • Representation of small business lender in an arbitration proceeding contending that the bank was not the “true lender” on certain small business loans. Secured arbitration award in the bank’s favor.
  • Representation of loan servicing company in defense of putative “true lender” class actions challenging interest rates and late fee charges, including under the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL).
  • Representation of national bank in putative privacy class action challenging data collection and sharing practices. Secured dismissal at the pleadings stage.
  • Representation of Japanese automotive parts supplier in antitrust class actions alleging price fixing in the fuel injection systems business.
  • Representation of individual in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action alleging securities fraud.
  • Representation of technology company in civil action involving trademark infringement and unfair competition claims.

Pro Bono

  • Representation of U.S. citizen whose passport was revoked at the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, in legal and constitutional challenge to the passport revocation.
  • Representation of Filipino lawful permanent resident in removal proceedings. Secured termination of removal proceedings.
  • Representation of individual in federal criminal case alleging false statements. Secured dismissal of all charges.
  • Filed a Ninth Circuit amicus brief on behalf of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in support of constitutionality of restrictions on open and concealed carry of firearms.
  • Representation of individuals who were detained in harsh conditions after 9/11 without individualized suspicion of involvement in terrorism before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Representation of a deceased veteran’s widow seeking death benefits in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Practices

Stanford Law School, J.D., 2015

  • Stanford Law Review, Notes Committee
  • Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation, Executive Board

The Ohio State University, B.A., 2012

  • summa cum laude
  • with honors and honors research distinction
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Hon. R. Guy Cole, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2017 - 2018
  • California