Mr. Smith graduated first in his class from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Law School in December 1999. He also served as a managing editor of the Wisconsin Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Board, and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Mr. Smith serves as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where he teaches international patent law. Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Smith served for three years as an adjunct professor (Lehrbeauftragter) at the law school (juristische Fakultaet) of the Universitaet Hannover in Hannover, Germany, where he taught courses relating to intellectual property, international contracts, commercial arbitration and United States law.

He is the author of the treatise "Inter Partes Reexamination 2d," published by West (a Thomson Reuters business), which provides the first in-depth analysis of Inter Partes Reexamination practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Mr. Smith holds two undergraduate degrees; one in electrical engineering from the Universitaet Hannover; and one in geological engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Washington D.C. bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, and the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Mr. Smith speaks fluent German, and is nearly fluent in Persian (Farsi). He also has a familiarity with the Spanish and Japanese languages.

His recent presentations and publications include:

• "Inter Partes Reexamination 2d," West (a Thomson Reuters Business), March 26, 2010.
• "Reexamination in the Kappos Era," IP Counsel Cafe, Palo Alto, April 15, 2010.
• "Recent Performance of the CRU in Inter Partes Reexamination," IP Law360, January 26, 2010.
• "Parallel Litigation and Reexamination," Practicing Law Institute, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 2009.
• "Stays Pending Reexamination," Patently-O, November 1, 2009.
• "Reexam: The Next Two Years," San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, October 8, 2009.
• "Requester Success Rates In Inter Partes Reexamination," Patently-O, July 28, 2009.
• "Administrative Patent Validity Determinations If The Proposed US Patent Reform Act Of 2009 Passes," Matthew A. Smith, Steven B. Maebius, Jon W. Dudas, Intellectual Property Watch Inside Views, March 9, 2009.
• "Top Ten Mistakes Made In Inter Partes Reexamination," Matthew A. Smith, Steven B. Maebius, BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 77 PTCJ 428, February 27, 2009.
• "Inter Partes Reexamination," Matthew A. Smith, Edition 1E, January 31, 2009.
• "Stay, Suspension and Merger: Considerations for Concurrent Proceedings Involving Inter Partes Reexamination," M.A. Smith, Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society, v. 90, No. 9, September 2008.
• "Arbitration of Patent Infringement and Validity Issues Worldwide," M.A. Smith, et al., Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2006.
• "Algorithms for Automatic Length Compensation of Busses in Analog Integrated Circuits," M.A. Smith, et al., Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Physical Design, March 2007.