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Overview

Matt Hilderbrand recently joined the firm as a Litigation associate in the firm’s Austin office.

Before joining Baker Botts, Matt was a litigation associate at another large international law firm, where he worked on a variety of complex matters in state and federal courts across the nation, including class-action and antitrust cases, contract disputes, administrative challenges, Fair Credit Reporting Act cases, and litigation involving residential mortgage-backed securities. His prior experience includes presenting oral argument; researching and drafting pleadings, motions, memoranda, and briefs; and managing discovery in both small and complex lawsuits.

Matt clerked for Judge Don R. Willett on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Judge Allison J. Rushing on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; and Judge E. Grady Jolly on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Matt received his J.D. summa cum laude from William & Mary Law School in Virginia. He served on law review and briefed several matters as part of the school's prestigious Appellate & Supreme Court Clinic.

Admission & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Ohio State Bar
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • J.D., William and Mary Law School 2017
    summa cum laude
    Lead Articles Editor, William & Mary Law Review
  • B.A., English & Philosophy, Azusa Pacific University 2012
    summa cum laude

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