Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
Matt is a co-chair of the firm’s Appeals and Issues group. His practice focuses on appellate matters, constitutional issues, and major motions. Matt previously served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States and Chief Judge Edward E. Carnes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Montgomery, Alabama.
In January 2018, Matt presented argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the petitioner in Collins v. Virginia, No. 16-1027. The case has been widely noted as an important Fourth Amendment case in which the Court will address the scope of the automobile exception to the warrant requirement. Over the past several years, Matt has also argued complex cases in the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits as well as the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Georgia Supreme Court (pro hac vice).
His practice also focuses on sharp and efficient legal writing. Matt has written dozens of appellate briefs, white papers, and important strategic motions such as those opposing class certification and attempting to quash subpoenas. On the topic of effective written advocacy in particular, Matt devotes time to mentoring associates, including presenting a writing CLE that has received excellent reviews.
Matt graduated magna cum laude from the University of Virginia School of Law. At Virginia, he served as a Dillard Fellow and worked on the editorial and managing boards of the Virginia Law Review.
Knights of Columbus Professor of Law and the Catholic Tradition, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Kevin C. Walsh teaches and writes in the areas of federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, and the U.S. Supreme Court. His scholarship explores the doctrines that define—and delimit—the scope of federal judicial power.
Professor Walsh graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was Articles Chair for Volume 115 of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he clerked for Judge Paul V. Niemeyer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States. He then practiced law at Hunton & Williams LLP and taught as a visiting assistant professor at Villanova University School of Law. Walsh received his A.B. from Dartmouth College, and an M.A. in Theological Studies from the University of Notre Dame. He taught at the University of Richmond School of Law for thirteen years prior to joining The Catholic University of America, where he currently resides.
In early 2011, Professor Walsh filed two amicus curiae briefs addressing jurisdictional issues in the State challenges to the individual mandate in the federal healthcare reform legislation: a brief in Virginia v. Sebelius (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit), and a brief in Florida v. HHS (United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit).
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