| Phone: | (918) 302-3700 |
| Email: | mpatterson@edwardslawok.com |
| Practice Areas: | Personal Injury - Trucking Litigation - Auto Accidents - Medical Malpractice - and Social Security Disability |
Matt’s practice consists of working in the areas of personal injury, automobile wrecks, trucking wrecks, medical malpractice and social Security in Oklahoma. He is admitted to practice in all Oklahoma State Courts and Eastern Oklahoma Federal District Court. Matt is an attorney for the people, and fearless against hardnosed insurance companies.
Early on Matt learned a lot about the law from his experience working for other side at the Cleveland County District Attorney’s Office from May of 2007 to May of 2008. During that time Matt handled dozens of preliminary hearings and several trials. He came to Edwards Law firm in August of 2008 and has since been an all-star personal injury attorney for the Edwards Team for more than 3 years.
Born in McAlester, Oklahoma in 1981, Matt grew up in Stuart, Oklahoma in small community located approximately 20 miles west of McAlester. Matt was raised on a farm and ranch, and from this, has developed a love for the outdoors and a hard work ethic the can easily be seen in the way he tries cases. He is the oldest of two children.
His parents Bart, a pastor, and Shonna Patterson, a school teacher, are longtime members of the Stuart Community. After graduation from Stuart High school in 1999, Matt attended Southern Nazerene University on an academic and baseball scholarship. Matt graduated from SNU in 2003 magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
From 2003 to 2005 Matt attended graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. After completing all his course work and writing his graduate thesis on the effects of term limits on the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Matt received his Master of Arts in Political Science in 2005. In the Fall of 2005 Matt began attending the University of Oklahoma College of Law. While attending law school Matt received his legal intern’s license, which allows students to practice law under the direction of a supervising attorney. Matt’s main area of study at OU was trial and litigation work.
After graduating Matt set for the July 2008 Oklahoma Bar. After setting for the Bar, Matt returned to McAlester to begin his employment as an associate at the Edwards Law Firm.
He is married to Ami Nicole Patterson, a Pre-K teacher at Krebs Elementary School. Matt and Ami have one son, Bartlett Cross Patterson, who was born November 20, 2007 in Oklahoma City. Matt and Ami are members of the Arpelar Church of the Nazerene, where Matt works closely with the youth group. Both feel they are extremely blessed to be back in Southeast Oklahoma serving the community.
Matt has an impressive track record of successful wins: 1.75 million oil field accident case; 300,000 Nursing Home negligence; 365,000 Domestic animals on Roadway Accident; 118,000 Roadway construction accident; 250,000 Title Company Negligence; 5 jury trials, 3 civil, 2 criminal.
