Matthew W. Sawchak

Appeals

• Argued a groundbreaking tax dispute in the U.S. Supreme Court.
• As post-trial and appellate counsel, persuaded a district court to set aside an $8 million judgment, then successfully defended that outcome in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
• Won appellate reversal of a billion-dollar judgment in a class action over health-insurance coverage.
• Won appellate reversal of a decision that reassigned the ownership of a multibillion-dollar utility.
• Represented health care amici in an appeal on the constitutionality of a tort-reform statute.
• Handles key appeals and constitutional litigation for a statewide health system and a major liability insurer.

Antitrust

• Acted as lead defense counsel in state antitrust enforcement proceedings that challenged trade association activities.
• Defended a state regulator against an antitrust challenge to its enforcement activities.
• Represented corporate plaintiffs and defendants in federal multidistrict antitrust cases.
• Advised professional associations on their antitrust concerns, including concerns over the regulated scope of practice of other professions.
• Testified as an expert witness in multiple distribution-related disputes, including a resale-price-maintenance case in the North Carolina Business Court.

Litigation with or by Government Agencies

• Represented the governor and attorney general of North Carolina as friends of the court in a landmark case that recognizes that partisan gerrymandering violates the North Carolina Constitution.
• Represented the prevailing government agency before the North Carolina Supreme Court in a leading case on North Carolina administrative law.
• Represented multiple government agencies in antitrust cases, including cases in which the Federal Trade Commission challenged the actions of state agencies.

Business Litigation

• Represented the winning defendant on appeal in a leading case in which the North Carolina Supreme Court defined the scope of North Carolina's "unfair trade practices" statute.
• Represented a major health insurer in a multibillion-dollar bid protest, leading the representation from initial assessment through a nine-day trial.
• Defended a law firm against fiduciary-duty claims threatened by a departing partner.
• Defended financial services companies in consumer litigation throughout North Carolina.

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