Matthew S. Owen, P.C.

Partner Litigation

Washington, D.C. +1 202 389 5943

Matthew S. Owen, P.C.

Practices

Overview

Matthew Owen’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, congressional and other government investigations, and appeals. Prior to joining Kirkland, Matt served as majority staff director and chief counsel of the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. In that role, Matt, supervised the successful litigation of the Senate’s first contempt action in more than twenty years and led a number of congressional investigations, including inquiries into competition in the cable and satellite television industry and drug pricing. Matt also previously served as chief counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, which oversees the federal antitrust enforcement agencies and reviews major proposed mergers affecting the national economy. As a litigator, Matt has represented clients in antitrust suits, environmental cases, consumer class actions, contested bankruptcy proceedings, contract disputes and regulatory matters. He has appeared regularly in federal appellate and district courts across the country.

Matt is a former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States, and to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, both on the Supreme Court and as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He also served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General at the United States Department of Justice.

Civil Litigation

  • Counsel for an oil & gas equipment manufacturer in an antitrust monopolization case.
  • Counsel for a building supply manufacturer in an antitrust monopolization case.
  • Counsel for an industrial technology company in an antitrust monopolization case.
  • Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in an antitrust monopolization case.
  • Counsel for a building materials company in nationwide antitrust class action and related securities class action.
  • Counsel for an oil exploration company in environmental and civil litigation arising from an oil spill.
  • Counsel for a private equity fund in civil and bankruptcy litigation related to a major environmental incident.
  • Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in a nationwide RICO class action.
  • Counsel for a major aerospace company in a securities class action.
  • Counsel for a sports organization in a pair of antitrust challenges to its bylaws.
  • Counsel for a private equity fund in breach of contract litigation concerning an earn-out provision in a merger agreement.
  • Counsel to a private equity fund in breach of contract litigation concerning an unpaid note and indemnity.
  • Counsel for an energy company in a contested bankruptcy proceeding and a securities class action.
  • Counsel for a major financial institution in False Claims Act litigation.
  • Counsel for a health care company in False Claims Act litigation.

Governmental and Regulatory

  • Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in affirmative litigation challenging HHS regulations and agency determinations related to the 340B prescription drug program.
  • Counsel for a health care company in affirmative litigation against HHS challenging revocation of a Medicare billing number.
  • Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in affirmative constitutional litigation challenging a state law purporting to regulate the federal 340B prescription drug program.
  • Counsel for an oil exploration company in a criminal investigation arising from an oil spill.
  • Counsel for a major pharmaceutical company in a pair of congressional investigations into drug pricing and related matters.
  • Counsel for a major industrial company in a congressional investigation into foreign nuclear technology transfers.
  • Counsel for a healthcare company in a congressional investigation into federal COVID funds.

Law ClerkHonorable Neil M. GorsuchSupreme Court of the United States2017–2018

Law ClerkHonorable Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court of the United States2010–2011

Bristow FellowUnited States Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General2009–2010

Law ClerkHonorable Neil M. GorsuchUnited States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit2008–2009

Staff Director; Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 2015–2017

Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2014–2015

Associate, King & Spalding LLP, 2011–2014

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2013District of Columbia
  • 2012Texas
  • 2009New York

Courts

  • United States Court of Federal Claims
  • United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D.summa cum laude2008

    Michigan Law Review

    Robert B. Fiske, Jr. Fellow in Public Service

  • University of Texas at AustinB.A., Government & Historywith Honors2004
    Phi Beta Kappa