Matt Stevens, Of Counsel
matt@werge.law

Matt specializes in helping small businesses successfully navigate their legal issues, in litigations, arbitrations, and appeals, as well as transactions.

Matt brings his decades of legal and business experience with some of the largest entities in some of the most complex regulated industries, to counselling small business through both litigation and transactional legal issues. Matt has counseled business clients from small non-profits to the Fortune 5 on both litigation and commercial issues.

Matt has briefed and argued all aspects of civil litigation, and has served as first- and second-chair trial and appellate counsel in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitrations and mediations. He has also appeared before the Federal Trade Commission and the European Commission, on antitrust and competition disputes. On the commercial side, Matt has drafted and negotiated numerous contracts in the financial services, healthcare, and energy industries.

Prior to coming to Werge & Corbin Law Group, Matt spent ten years at Optum and The Advisory Board Company, where he counseled leaders across the healthcare ecosystem (hospitals, device manufactures, pharmaceuticals, insurance companies, as well as law firms and other consultants) on the business impacts and compliance requirements of various federal and state regulations, and led multi-disciplinary teams providing analytics and risk analysis, data governance, vendor negotiations and management, process improvement, and data privacy compliance.

Matt lives in Lakewood with his wife and two boys. When not at the office, he can be found hiking, cycling, and skiing all across Colorado.

Education 

  • University of Chicago, School of Law, J.D., June 2021

  • University of Michigan, B.A., Quantitative Economics and Political Science, May 1994

Admissions

  • Colorado State Courts

  • New York State Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

  • Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • When called upon, Matt has also been admitted pro hac vice before other courts as well

Legal Experience

  • Associate Attorney, Skadden Arps, LLP

  • Associate Attorney, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP

  • Associate Attorney, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, LLP

  • Lecturer at the Università Statale di Milano, Italy, for masters degree students in Competition Law

  • Summer Associate, Jenner & Block

  • Summer Associate, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher

Business Experience

  • Executive Director, OptumInsight

  • Managing Director and Faculty, The Advisory Board Company

  • Manager of Customs Affairs, Cummins Engine Company

Memberships and Appointments

  • American Bar Association

  • Colorado Bar Association

  • Faculty of Federal Advocates

  • Board of Directors, The Colorado Mountain Club (dates)