Attorney Matthew (Matt) Patterson grew up near McAlester on a family ranch, where he began to develop the ethic of hard work and character that consistently guides his law practice today.

Matt first joined a law firm specializing in personal injury law in 2008 after receiving his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.  Since then his practice has concentrated primarily in the field of civil litigation on behalf of injured accident victims, achieving numerous noteworthy outcomes. Two of his highlights are settlements of $1.2 million for a motorcycle injury case involving a UPS truck and $1.75 million for an oilfield-negligence case.

In 2012, Matt was recognized among the Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyer Association. In 2013, the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys awarded him the top 10 award. In 2020, named a Rising Star Attorney in Oklahoma by Super Lawyers.

After receiving B.A. and M.A. degrees from Southern Nazarene University and the University of Oklahoma, Matt enrolled in the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he focused on trial work and litigation. During his third year of law school, he worked in the Cleveland County District Attorney’s office, getting his first courtroom experience.

That experience helped him to set his sights on the legal career that he wanted to pursue. “I knew then that I wanted to be in a courtroom,” he recalls. “When I first started law school, I thought that’s what I wanted, and then when I started working in that environment it confirmed that was exactly what I wanted to do.”

A four-year baseball player at Southern Nazarene University, Matt is competitive by nature and enjoys the challenge of litigating cases against insurance companies and their lawyers. But his primary motivation, he says, is a desire to help people in need. “I enjoy serving the community and serving people,” he says. “This job is not about recognition or money, it is about being able to help people in their times of need.”

Despite his busy professional life, Matt finds the time to serve his community in other ways. He is on the board of his church, Arpelar Church of the Nazarene, where he and his wife, Ami Patterson, are active in leadership and service projects. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Southern Nazarene University.

Additionally, he has previously served as president of the Pittsburg County Bar Association and served on the board of Oklahoma Legal Aid Services.

Matt and his family still maintain and operate a Brangus cattle ranch.  But his primary personal hobby is keeping up with his teenage son (Bartlett) and young daughter (Scout) who are active in baseball, basketball, softball, and gymnastics.