Matt Fronda joined the firm as a law clerk in 2013 after interning at state courts at both the trial and appellate level. Now a Partner at the firm, he helps direct the firm’s litigation and dealer-services practices. Mr. Fronda also focuses on complex probate and civil litigation matters, and regularly appears as lead counsel across the states of Texas and Oklahoma.
Experience & Highlights:
Obtained a favorable settlement in a complex probate dispute involving more than $250 million in assets.
Represented numerous buyers and sellers of automotive dealerships totaling more than $100 million in value.
Represented heirs to one of the most prominent families in Dallas in a contested probate dispute regarding the deed to a Texas ranch in an estate worth more than $100 million.
Represented a private investment firm in complex federal insurance litigation involving claims in excess of $60 million.
Regularly advised a prominent agricultural lender to consummate a portfolio of loans in excess of $35 million.
Represented a large national bank in the $5.9 million sale and acquisition of a Texas pharmacy.
Obtained a dismissal on behalf of a Texas dealership of claims in excess of $1 million asserted by one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and distributors for a dealer incentive program.
Represented Fortune 500 company as lead legal compliance and licensure counsel for its nationwide acquisition of a chain of auction houses.
Assisted as outside counsel to a nationwide automotive finance company, coordinating bankruptcy and replevin actions across the country.
Juris Doctorate, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2014
Texas A&M Law Review, Executive Board
Dean’s Scholar
Barbri Conviser Scholar
B.S., Journalism & Business, Texas State University, 2011
Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, Twelfth Edition, State Bar of Texas, 2024.
Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies for Collection Cases, State Bar of Texas, May, 2024.
Speaker, How to Take an Effective Post-Judgment Deposition and Finding Assets via Technology, State Bar of Texas, May, 2024.
Speaker, Post-Judgment Remedies: Judgment Liens, Garnishment, Execution, Turnover Proceedings, Receiverships Under the DTPA, Charging Orders and “Other Stuff,” State Bar of Texas, May, 2023.
Speaker & Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies for Collection Cases, State Bar of Texas, October, 2022.
Speaker, Post-judgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022.
Co-Author, Creditors’ Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022.
Speaker & Co-Author, Dealing with Difficult Judgment Debtors, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022.
Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2021.
Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, August, 2020.
Speaker, A Creditor’s Mock Trial, State Bar of Texas, August, 2020.
Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, September, 2019.
Co-Author, The Contempt Process: A Crash Course in the Enforcement of Civil Orders, State Bar of Texas, May, 2019.
Co-Author, Sequestrations & Collateral Recovery, State Bar of Texas, May, 2018.
Co-Chair & Host, Texas Creditor’s Course, Texas Creditor’s Bar Association, October, 2017.
Speaker, A Creditor’s Mock Trial, State Bar of Texas, May, 2017.
Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, Fifth Edition, State Bar of Texas, 2017.
Co-Author, Implementing Replevins in Texas Courts, State Bar of Texas, May 2016.
Co-Author, Sequestrations, A Practical Overview, State Bar of Texas, May 2015.
Symposium Chair & Host, Energy Symposium, Texas A&M Law Review, March, 2014.
Symposium Chair & Host, Intellectual Property Symposium, Texas A&M Law Review, October, 2013.
