Matt Elgin

Associate at Williams & Connolly LLP

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

I am an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP. Prior to that I clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before clerking I was in private practice at Jones Day in their Washington, DC office, where I was a member of the commercial litigation group. I have experience in major multi-billion dollar bankruptcy proceedings, international arbitrations involving Fortune 500 companies, complex tort and corporate litigation, defamation and free speech lawsuits, and billion dollar M&A transactions. While at Jones Day I maintained an active pro bono practice, representing clients in asylum cases, public benefits matters, and housing disputes. I am passionate about the law. I believe attorneys play a critical role in upholding the law and maintaining a free and stable society. I am admitted to practice in DC and NY. Outside of the law, I love volleyball, golf, writing (on legal and non-legal topics), baking bread, gardening, fishing, and reading histories, biographies, political philosophy, and anything Tolkien.

Experience

  • Associate at Williams & Connolly LLP
    Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University Law School
    Aug 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Adjunct professor teaching a scholarly writing seminar for members of the George Washington University Law Review.

  • Judicial Law Clerk at U.S. Courts of Appeals
    Sep 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Judicial Law Clerk at United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    Sep 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • JONES DAY® (Washington D.C. Metro Area)
    • Associate
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Law Clerk (Not Yet Admitted to the DC Bar)
      Oct 2018 - Apr 2019 · 7 mos

      Currently in Jones Day’s New Lawyer Group in our Washington, DC office. The NLG provides first year associates with the opportunity to do work in a variety of practice areas before picking a practice group to join. I passed the New York Bar and am currently going through the admissions application process for both New York and DC.