- Representing mortgage lenders, mortgage servicers, consumer lenders, payday lenders, banks, and other financial services companies in actions involving claims arising under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), state unfair or deceptive trade practices acts, predatory lending and usury statutes, wrongful foreclosure claims, deceptive advertising statutes, commercial foreclosure and guaranty litigation, and a wide variety of state common law claim theories.
- Representing a national manufacturing company in a price fixing and market allocation antitrust class action MDL.
- Representing a Fortune 50 technology company in a series of consumer class actions alleging violation of various state unfair or deceptive trade practices acts arising out of sales of consumer electronic products.
- Representing a national health care group purchasing organization in antitrust and contract litigation.
- Representing a major telecommunications company in litigation arising out of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as well as eminent domain litigation.
- Representing a national insurance company in complex disability claims litigation.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 919 862 2279
- Email: matt.mcguire@alston.com
With 30 years of experience handling complex financial services cases and class actions around the country, Matt never loses sight of helping his clients achieve cost-effective solutions to high-stakes litigation.
Matthew McGuire is a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group located in the Raleigh-Durham area, where his practice focuses on complex commercial and business tort litigation, including class action defense, financial services litigation, and antitrust litigation. He has represented companies across a wide variety of industries in the prosecution and defense of claims involving breach of contract, unfair and deceptive trade practices, antitrust violations, trade secret theft, commercial defamation, predatory lending and usury, negligent loan servicing, wrongful foreclosure, telecommunications law, complex disability insurance disputes, and product liability issues. He has been acknowledged by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for both Commercial Litigation and Banking & Finance Litigation.
A member of the North Carolina State Bar, Matt is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina. Matt is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, and the North Carolina Bar Association.
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Press Release June 28, 2022Alston & Bird Honored by North Carolina Bar Association with “Law Firm Pro Bono Award”Alston & Bird has been recognized by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) with its “Law Firm Pro Bono Award” for its immense commitment to pro bono service in North Carolina and the creativity, consistency, and sincerity of the firm’s pro bono program.Press Release June 28, 2022Alston & Bird Honored by North Carolina Bar Association with “Law Firm Pro Bono Award”Alston & Bird has been recognized by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) with its “Law Firm Pro Bono Award” for its immense commitment to pro bono service in North Carolina and the creativity, consistency, and sincerity of the firm’s pro bono program.
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Seminar June 8, 2022Alston & Bird Raleigh Ethics SeminarMatt McGuire will be joined by Mike Kaeding, Bryan Skelton, and Kelsey Kingsbery, along with panelists from Accord Healthcare and Truist to discuss a variety of personal and ethical liability issues that corporate counsel encounter on a daily basis.Seminar June 8, 2022Alston & Bird Raleigh Ethics SeminarMatt McGuire will be joined by Mike Kaeding, Bryan Skelton, and Kelsey Kingsbery, along with panelists from Accord Healthcare and Truist to discuss a variety of personal and ethical liability issues that corporate counsel encounter on a daily basis.
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General Publications November 2021A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions, 3rd ed., American Bar Association, November 2021.Cari Dawson, David Carpenter, Bria Stephens, Bo Phillips, Sam Park, Giles Judd, Kathy Huang, Matt McGuire, Ryan Ethridge, and Caitlin Van Hoy contributed to this comprehensive guide to the intricacies of class action lawsuits along with a state-by-state analysis of the ways in which class action rules differ from the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.General Publications November 2021A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions, 3rd ed., American Bar Association, November 2021.Cari Dawson, David Carpenter, Bria Stephens, Bo Phillips, Sam Park, Giles Judd, Kathy Huang, Matt McGuire, Ryan Ethridge, and Caitlin Van Hoy contributed to this comprehensive guide to the intricacies of class action lawsuits along with a state-by-state analysis of the ways in which class action rules differ from the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.
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Press Release August 21, 2020Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchTwo hundred and nineteen Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 69 attorneys have been selected for the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.Press Release August 21, 2020Alston & Bird Earns Broad Recognition in 2021 Best Lawyers and Ones to WatchTwo hundred and nineteen Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 69 attorneys have been selected for the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
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Advisories March 11, 2020Financial Services Litigation Advisory: Supreme Court Hears the CFPB Declare Itself UnconstitutionalOur Financial Services Litigation Team dives into the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Advisories March 11, 2020Financial Services Litigation Advisory: Supreme Court Hears the CFPB Declare Itself UnconstitutionalOur Financial Services Litigation Team dives into the oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court that could decide the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Languages
- French
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
Education
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1993)
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A., 1990)
- University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1988)