Matthew Simons

Matt represents and defends owners, general contractors, subcontractors, equipment suppliers, and design professionals in complex construction project disputes involving both breach of contract and tort claims. He has experience advising clients through all stages of litigation and dispute resolution, including discovery, motions practice, trial preparation, and post-trial enforcement efforts. Matt’s clients span many industries, including water and wastewater treatment, solar energy, pipelines, and heavy industrial construction.

Before joining the firm in 2023, Matt practiced in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters involving high stakes bankruptcy and state court litigation.

• Assisted lead counsel with motions practice and preparation for a two-week trial against a module manufacturer who supplied defective modules and refused to honor its warranty, resulting in a seven-figure judgment in favor of the client.
• Litigation counsel to the owner of an underground chilled-water and steam distribution system in a dispute with the general contractor and its subcontractors regarding pervasive defects in the distribution system causing repeated leaks.
• Litigation counsel to a government contractor in a $21 million dispute with a subcontractor arising out of a ‘remeasurable’ contract for services related to erection of heat recovery steam generators.
• Litigation counsel to a wastewater treatment equipment supplier defending against product defect and professional negligence claims in federal litigation.
• Assisted lead counsel in obtaining a complete defense award, and prevailed in part on counterclaims, in a five-day AAA construction dispute relating to the integration of two proprietary energy generation technologies.