Matt Laydon

About Matt

Matt Laydon is from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and grew up in the town of Iron Mountain. He was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school and a Michigan state champion tennis player and all-state wrestler. He earned his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University where he obtained a B.A. in Finance and graduated with highest honors. He then attended Indiana University’s, Mauer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated from law school in 2006 with Cum Laude distinction. He is licensed to practice law in California, Arizona, Indiana and Michigan. Matt began his legal career in Indianapolis at Price Waicukauski Joven & Catlin, LLC-a nationally recognized firm that represents clients in complex plaintiff-side litigation matters. While working there, Matt was instrumental in handling cases that included Medicare anti-kickback law, intra-corporate disputes and toxic tort litigation. Matt continued with his education and earned his M.B.A. with highest honors from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he was awarded a Dean’s fellowship. Matt then joined the law practice of Gambs, Mucker & Bauman in Lafayette, Indiana, where he was in charge of the litigation department. In that position, Matt represented plaintiffs in the areas of personal injury, commercial litigation, civil rights and probate disputes. While there, Matt successfully tried numerous cases, first chair, to the bench and a jury. In 2014, Matt moved to Southern California. Matt now works with Scottsdale Injury Lawyers, LLC and is of counsel. His current practice consists of handling civil rights cases involving law enforcement misconduct, prisoner cases, serious personal injury matters and consumer class actions. When he is not working, he likes to play sports and cheer for his favorite sports team, the Green Packers.

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