Matthew Daigle

Associate

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Matt advises clients in regulatory matters in the energy and political compliance spaces, helping clients maintain compliance while navigating complex, evolving regulatory frameworks.

Overview
Representative Matters

Matt advises investor-owned utilities in proceedings before the state regulatory commissions and guides clients through complex political regulatory environments. His practice sits at the intersection of energy regulation and political compliance, where he leverages a technical and systematic approach to simplify reporting obligations and secure favorable outcomes for clients. Matt assists clients throughout regulatory proceedings, including drafting pleadings, conducting extensive research, managing discovery, and drafting witness testimony, motions, and post-hearing briefing.

In his political compliance practice, Matt has advised a diverse range of clients, including private equity funds, public utilities, trade organizations, and manufacturing companies, offering strategic guidance on the formation and administration of state and federal PACs, fundraising communications, board governance and lobbyist reporting obligations.

Prior to attending law school, Matt received his bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering with a concentration on quality and statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Represents investor-owned utilities in various regulatory proceedings before the Florida Public Service Commission, Georgia Public Service Commission, Virginia State Corporation Commission, North Carolina Public Utilities Commission, and South Carolina Public Service Commission.
  • Advises and represents Georgia Power in multiple matters protecting its right to serve under the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act.
  • Assist clients in navigating and maintaining compliance with federal Lobbying Disclosure Act obligations.
  • Advised multiple clients on Political Action Committee formation and compliance.
Overview

Matt advises investor-owned utilities in proceedings before the state regulatory commissions and guides clients through complex political regulatory environments. His practice sits at the intersection of energy regulation and political compliance, where he leverages a technical and systematic approach to simplify reporting obligations and secure favorable outcomes for clients. Matt assists clients throughout regulatory proceedings, including drafting pleadings, conducting extensive research, managing discovery, and drafting witness testimony, motions, and post-hearing briefing.

In his political compliance practice, Matt has advised a diverse range of clients, including private equity funds, public utilities, trade organizations, and manufacturing companies, offering strategic guidance on the formation and administration of state and federal PACs, fundraising communications, board governance and lobbyist reporting obligations.

Prior to attending law school, Matt received his bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering with a concentration on quality and statistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Representation Matters
  • Represents investor-owned utilities in various regulatory proceedings before the Florida Public Service Commission, Georgia Public Service Commission, Virginia State Corporation Commission, North Carolina Public Utilities Commission, and South Carolina Public Service Commission.
  • Advises and represents Georgia Power in multiple matters protecting its right to serve under the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act.
  • Assist clients in navigating and maintaining compliance with federal Lobbying Disclosure Act obligations.
  • Advised multiple clients on Political Action Committee formation and compliance.

Top areas of focus

  • Member, Energy Bar Association
  • Member, Stonewall Bar Association
  • Member, Atlanta Bar Association

Education

  • Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2021, Certificate in Health Law; digital communications editor, Georgia State University Law Review 
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., 2018

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia

Court Admissions

  • Georgia Superior Courts
  • Court of Appeals of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Author, “Georgia’s Approach to Proportionality and Sanctions for the Spoliation of Electronically Stored Information,” Georgia State University Law Review, March 1, 2021.
  • Co-author, “MANDATORY QUARANTINE: Administrative Order by the Georgia Department of Public Health for Public Health Control Measures: Isolation Protocol,” Georgia State University Law Review, December 1, 2020.