Matheu D. Nunn Featured in New Jersey Law Journal Article as Finalist for Attorney of the Year Award
October 23, 2024
The New Jersey Law Journal has published an article about Partner Matheu D. Nunn, Esq., who is among three Finalists for its Attorney of the Year honor. This is the third time in eight years that Mat has been selected as one of three Finalists for the Attorney of the Year Award from the nearly 100,000 practicing attorneys in New Jersey.
According to the New Jersey Law Journal, the Attorney of the Year Finalists “will have made his or her mark on the profession, and in the law, with an achievement in the past year that goes beyond service to the client.” The winner will be selected at the NJLJ awards dinner on October 29, 2024. Nunn was selected as a finalist for this award in both 2017 and 2018.
“Attorney of the Year Finalist: Matheu Nunn’s Supreme Court Successes” begins with Mat’s landmark win before the state Supreme Court in the cohabitation matter Cardali vs. Cardali, which the editors note as “just one of at least three significant wins Nunn notched before the Supreme Court this year, which also included filing as amicus for the state bar association in Facebook v. State to secure a win on Fourth Amendment grounds, and acting as amicus in a case that eventually helped contain the costs for using court reporters.” The editors wrote, “However, despite the wins, Nunn said he feels that the most important work he accomplished over the year was his work co-chairing the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Putting Lawyers First task force, which assessed mental health in the profession. The group, which began in 2022, ultimately issued a 500-page report highlighting the mental health and substance abuse problem facing the industry, and included around 200 recommendations.”
Asked about his strategy, the editors wrote, “When it comes to finding success before the Supreme Court, Nunn said his strategy is much the same for how he prepares for argument in front of the Appellate Division as well—he prepares not just for his arguments, but also develops counter-arguments against the opposing party’s position.” Mat is quoted: “When you get to the Supreme Court, there really shouldn’t be any surprises about what the issues are,” he said. “It’s really about being able to answer the justices’ questions and whether there are any public considerations that may stem from the court’s decision.”
The article describes Mat’s career path, starting with his clerkships with Superior Court Judge Theodore Bozonelis and Appellate Division Judge Jack Sabatino, and his pivot to becoming a prosecutor. “According to Nunn, he made the leap to civil work after three years, when Einhorn Barbarito’s Bonnie Frost told him the firm needed a strong litigator to handle a range of work, including in the family law, criminal and appellate arenas. Now, he said, half of his practice is divorce, while the other half is general appellate work.”
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