Matthew P. Liber has experience across all stages of litigation, including trials, motion practice, courtroom appearances, discovery management, legal research and writing, and appellate briefing in civil and criminal matters. He is an associate in Foley’s Labor & Employment Practice Group.

Before joining Foley, Matt served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Amy Lyn Blake of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He also served as an assistant district attorney with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, managing high-volume criminal caseloads, drafting appellate briefs, and gaining significant courtroom experience from arraignments through trials in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court.

During law school, Matt was a student attorney in the Constitutional & Administrative Law Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he participated in a federal trial involving a challenge to the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law.

Earlier in his career, Matt was the director of legislative affairs for the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families and the legislative aide to a state representative from Cape Cod. He is a native of Wheaton, Illinois, and grew up in Chicago’s Ukrainian American community.