Matthew R. O'Connor

Matt O'Connor is an associate in Pierce Atwood’s Litigation Practice Group, focusing on construction, commercial, and ERISA litigation. In his construction work, Matt represents contractors and other entities in all manners of disputes, including mechanics' liens, construction defects, contract drafting, and navigating clients' interactions with state agencies.

Matt has experience in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts and the American Arbitration Association in all aspects of litigation, including investigation, discovery, trying and arbitrating cases, and resolving matters by way of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation. Matt regularly represents clients in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and in a variety of federal courts in the northeast through his ERISA work.

Before joining Pierce Atwood, Matt was an associate in the Boston and Providence offices of Morrison Mahoney LLP and served as a chambers law clerk to Associate Justice Francis X. Flaherty of the Rhode Island Supreme Court for the 2014-2015 term.

While in law school, Matt was a member of the Suffolk Prosecutors Clinic and served as a Rule 3:03 Prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in West Roxbury District Court. While serving in this role, he first-chaired a successful jury trial.

In addition, Matt was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board and a comment editor for the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy.