Matt Schad is an Martindale-Hubbell, AV-rated trial attorney handling serious injury and death cases, including products liability, construction site accidents, highway design, motor vehicle collisions, premises liability. He enjoys cases with challenging complex medical, technical, and engineering elements.

 

Matt grew up in Floyd County, Indiana. After graduating from Floyd Central High School he majored in Ancient Greek at Indiana University, where he earned high honors. He went on to attend the Florida State College of Law and graduated cum laude in 1994. During law school Matt worked for the Florida Bar Association, won the 'best oralist' laward on the Moot Court team, and interned in Berlin, Germany for the United States Army.

 

After law school Matt joined the United States Army and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps overseas in the Republic of Panama. After promotion to captain he became the chief Army military prosecutor for the Southern Command. As lead trial counsel he tried numerous courts martial for crimes in Panama, Honduras, Puerto Rico, and other Central American countries.

 

At the conclusion of his military career Matt returned home and joined the practice founded by his father Larry. Matt enjoys jury trials and, for the last several years, has limited his practice to injury and death cases. In 2005 he was recognized as the Indiana Young Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is a past president of the Floyd County Bar Association and a current member of the Board of Governors of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. His professional interests include using computer technology in the courtroom, a topic he has lectured on across the country.

 

He enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, bird hunting, cooking, and good music.