About
Mr. Matthews is a native of the New Orleans area. He grew up at the Westbank, and graduated from West Jefferson Senior High School in 2001. After excessive school, Mr. Matthews joined the USA Marine Corps as a helicopter technician where he served honorably as a Corporal from 2001-2006. His carrier covered a excursion in Afghanistan in guide of Operation Enduring Freedom. Mr. Matthews received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy from Tulane University in 2008. He then acquired his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2011. During law school, he became a judicial extern to Judge John T. Noonan of the USA Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He additionally served as a board member and net dressmaker for the Berkeley Journal of African American Law and Policy, and served within the equal capacities for the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. After graduating from regulation faculty, Mr. Matthews was an companion at Liskow and Lewis inside the organization’s New Orleans workplace and was a member of the corporation’s power litigation and commercial litigation sections. While at Liskow and Lewis Mr. Matthews defended a prime oil organization in claims springing up out of a well blowout and the sinking of a semi-submersible drilling rig that caused 11 deaths and a catastrophic oil spill. He also defended a major oil employer from land proprietors who sought billions of bucks in damages from alleged oilfield contamination as a result of many years of oil and gas manufacturing. New Orleans Criminal Defense › ›
Location
Legal Issues
Costs
- Free Consultation
- Payment With Credit Card
- Conditional Fees
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Lawyer
The Law Office of Jerome W. Matthews, Jr., LLC
2013 - Associate Lawyer
Liskow and Lewis
2011
Educations
Graduation year: 2008
Graduation year: 2006
