Andersen, Matthew

Matthew Andersen Adjunct Professor cma@winstoncashatt.com (509) 838-6131 Gonzaga School of Law, Gonzaga University, J.D., cum laude, 1976 Iowa State University, B.S. in Political Science, 1971

Biographical Information

Matt Anderson is a principal in the firm Winston & Cashatt, which he joined after serving three years as a prosecutor in the United States Army Judge Advocate Corps (JAG). He is a frequent lecturer on business, banking and employment issues and has taught UCC Article 2 at Gonzaga School of Law as an adjunct professor.

Andersen's practice focuses on commercial- and business-related litigation. He is admitted at all levels of state and federal courts in Washington and Idaho. He has appeared in matters in Montana, Oregon, Alaska and California, as well as before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

He has extensive experience in disputed business transactions, construction claims, products liability and employment issues. Within those areas, Anderson advises clients in numerous matters involving contracts, banking practices, municipal law and employment agreements, retaliatory firings and discrimination.

Before attending law school, Anderson was employed as a research associate with Braddock, Dunn & MacDonald, a defense contractor, from 1971 to 1973.

Teaching Area

Sales

Professional and Civic Activities

• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
• Idaho State Bar Association
• Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
• Federal Bar Association of the Eastern District of Washington
• The Lands Council
• Board of Advisors, Gonzaga University School of Law's Commercial Law Center