Matthew Turetzky
Senior Associate
(510) 906-4905 | [email protected]
Matt Turetzky is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in disputes related to government contracts, trade secrets, internal investigations, white-collar defense, and general commercial litigation. He has also assisted clients faced with responding to inquiries from state and federal administrative agencies.
Matt’s litigation experience includes numerous False Claims Act cases. He has worked on such cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. Matt continues his False Claims Act practice here at the Norton Law Firm and continues to speak and write on topics of interest to False Claims Act whistleblowers and defendants.
For every client, in every case, Matt combines a detail-oriented approach with a strategic mindset. He keeps the ultimate litigation goals front-and-center in everything he does, whether preparing a witness for a deposition, coordinating with experts or outside litigation support vendors, or drafting a dispositive motion. Matt’s strategic, client-focused approach has repeatedly yielded exceptional, cost-effective results for his clients.
Matt began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Lawrence J. Block at the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC. After his clerkship, he joined Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where he worked from 2012 to 2013. Following that, he joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, where he worked in the firm’s Washington, DC and San Francisco offices.
In law school, Matt served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Duke Law & Technology Review. In this capacity, he helped edit and publish nineteen articles about intellectual property, technology, and the law. He was also awarded the Dean’s Award in Post-Crash Banking Regulation.
Education
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2011
- University of Florida, B.S., 2008
Admitted
- California
- Washington, DC
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States Court of Federal Claims
Clerkship
- United States Court of Federal Claims, Hon. Lawrence J. Block – 2011-2012
Honors
- Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Star, 2018, 2019