Matthew K.
Cowherd

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Matthew Cowherd
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Matt advises clients on discovery issues in large-scale litigation matters, particularly those involving financial fraud claims.  He has extensive experience in risk management and has handled all aspects of motions and trial practice for numerous commercial and fraud cases, including bet-the-company disputes and highly contentious actions.

At Redgrave, Matt provides strategic counsel on discovery approaches in litigation and investigation matters.  He also offers practical guidance on information governance strategies, including implementing best practices for information management and litigation readiness.  Matt advises on eDiscovery strategies, processes, and technologies and oversees large-scale discovery workflows, including preservation, collection, review, production, drafting pleadings and motions, and managing vendor relationships. 

Matt also has significant pro bono experience encompassing a wide range of cases, including providing representation in asylum and domestic violence visa petitions, advocating for Holocaust survivors in their applications for pensions and payments, representing elderly clients against unfair debt collectors, and representing a death row inmate.  Matt has also served as Special Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department, where he assisted the department in conducting and defending depositions in tort cases involving city agencies. 

Before joining Redgrave, Matt was a senior associate at Baker & Hostetler LLP and held a captain position in the United States Army Reserve as part of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.  He has also worked at a prominent litigation firm and in-house for the financial services industry.  Matt was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Robert E. Sweet at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Matt has led presentations, authored publications, and conducted trainings for organizations, including the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.  He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US).

Matt’s work experience includes:

  • Conducting an investigation and interviews for the identification of custodians in multi-district litigation for a major pharmaceutical company
  • Assisting with the drafting of preservation and discovery strategy in multi-district litigation for a major pharmaceutical company
  • Training and managing a discovery review team in the analysis of a large-scale document production concerning privilege for a major transportation company in a significant, complex, and high-stakes litigation matter
  • Organizing and managing the creation of a voluminous privilege log for a major transportation company in a significant, complex, and high-stakes litigation matter

Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, Executive LL.M., Litigation Management (2021)
  • Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law at Yeshiva University, J.D. (2005)
  • University of Chicago, M.A. (2001)
  • Lee University, B.A., cum laude (1999)

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New Jersey
  • New York

Memberships

  • Vice President, Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), New York Metro Chapter
  • Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)
  • Member, New York City Bar Association
  • Member, New York City Bar Association Committee on Government Ethics and State Affairs
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  • Volunteer Judge, NYU Law Moot Court Board National Immigration Law Competition