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Matthew J. Whitten

Associate

Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein, and Johnson, P.C.
500 S. Taylor, Suite 1200
Amarillo, TX 79101
(806) 379-0324
(806) 349-9484 fax
Matthew.Whitten@uwlaw.com

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Practice Concentration and Experience

Civil Litigation

• Complex Business Litigation
• Disputes Involving Governmental Entities
• Health Care and Nursing Home Litigation
• Automobile and Trucking Accidents
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• Contract Disputes
• Premises Liability
• Employment Litigation
• Unemployment Matters before Texas Workforce Commission

Activities and Affiliations

• Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 2005
• Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• Board of Directors, Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Texas Plains
• Board of Directors, Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association
• Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Leadership Amarillo and Canyon, Class of 2006-2007
• Member, Panhandle Family Lawyers Association

Publications and Presentations

Website Articles


• Getting Married? Get Prepared Legally.
• Texas Supreme Court Maims Two Birds with One Tome
• Residential Lease Security Deposits - Landlord & Tenant Beware
• "How to Cut Red Tape - The Practical Aspects of Governmental Immunity" - presented to the Texas Panhandle Paralegal Association, Amarillo TX, 16 February 2006
• "Fiction Becomes Reality: When Will Texas Abrogate the 'Catch-22' of Sovereign Immunity when It Contracts," 37 Texas Tech Law Review 243 (2005), cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Meyers ex rel. Benzing v. Texas, 410 F.3d 236, 253 n. 22 (5th Cir. 2005).

Education

• J.D. Texas Tech University School of Law, 2005
• cum laude
• Vice-President, Class of 2005
• Phi Delta Phi National Honorary Fraternity
• Articles Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, 2004-2005
• American Jurisprudence Award, Advanced Business Entities
• B.B.A., Finance, Texas A&M University, 2001