I help clients navigate high-stakes disputes wherever they might arise.
Matt Casassa represents businesses, individuals, and sovereign states in federal and state courts and before administrative bodies. He has represented clients in the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal courts of appeals, and has authored dozens of briefs on topics as diverse as elimination of federal grant programs, vacatur of foreign arbitral awards, and enforcement of executive non-competition agreements.
In addition to his appellate and critical-motions work, Matt regularly represents businesses and municipalities in government-facing regulatory litigation and sovereign states in a range of matters in U.S. courts.
Before rejoining Foley Hoag, Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Seth R. Aframe of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Columbia Law School, J.D., 2020, James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Boston College, B.A., 2016, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar and Court Admissions
BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts
COURT ADMISSIONS
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Experience
APPEALS AND CRITICAL MOTIONS
Represented recipient of a federal grant of more than a billion dollars in appeal before the en banc D.C. Circuit.
Represented historic-preservation organization in challenge to White House construction project before the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Represented national pharmacy business through appeal in high-profile non-compete litigation before the Eighth Circuit.
Represented company in multi-million-dollar tax appeal before Massachusetts administrative review board.
Represented maritime security company through appeal in complex cross-border litigation before the Fourth Circuit.
Represented sovereign state in successfully opposing petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court in connection with action in which plaintiffs sought recognition of a multi-million-dollar foreign judgment.
Represented publicly traded manufacturing company in appeals and dispositive motions in products-liability matters in state and federal courts throughout the country.
Authored amicus briefs on behalf of various entities and organizations in matters in the U.S. Supreme Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND GOVERNMENT-FACING LITIGATION
Represented recipient of $100-million-plus federal grant in challenge to elimination of grant program.
Represented recipient of $1-billion-plus federal grant in challenge to elimination of grant program and termination of grant.
Represented historic-preservation group in challenge to White House construction project.
Represented coalition of architectural and historic-preservation groups in challenge to major project at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN SOVEREIGNS IN U.S. COURTS
Represented foreign municipality in an action to set aside arbitral awards and in defense of efforts to enforce the awards under the New York Convention.
Represented foreign municipality in opposing a request for enforcement of a provisional-measures decision.
Advised regarding vacatur and confirmation of arbitral awards in U.S. courts in connection with multi-stage international arbitration.
INSURANCE RECOVERY
Provided insurance recovery advice in connection with the enforcement of an award obtained against client in an international arbitration.
Represented policyholder in dispute regarding control of the nationwide defense of products-liability claims.
Represented policyholder in complex litigation concerning COVID-19-related losses.
Represented policyholder in complex construction-defect dispute.
Represented policyholder in connection with coverage dispute concerning a data breach.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Law Clerk to the Hon. Seth R. Aframe, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Law Clerk to the Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
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