Matthew Shorey

Shareholder Matthew (Matt) Shorey joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2024 and is a member of the firm’s Health Law Practice group. Matt is a skilled trial lawyer having argued and won jury and bench trials in jurisdictions throughout Missouri. With a multifaceted practice spanning a wide range of litigation subsets, Matt primarily focuses on the defense of medical malpractice, commercial, insurance, product liability, tort, utility, municipal, and construction actions. Matt also has extensive health law experience including advising and representing physicians and health care administrators.

Matt has first-chair trial experience defending medical malpractice claims. He has defended malpractice claims against hospitals, physicians, residents, nurses, physical therapists, and other providers. In addition, Matt’s experience in private practice and as in-house counsel for the medical campus of  a large, private university lends to deep understanding of client needs and ability to address concerns before litigation arises.

Matt has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating complex commercial claims, including matters involving private equity, earnouts, mergers and asset purchase agreements. Matt has been recognized since 2023 by The Best Lawyers in America® for exceptional work in Commercial Litigation.

Matt has first chair trial and arbitration experience involving construction actions and has litigated and arbitrated claims involving general contractors, construction management, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, construction and design defects, project delays, and mechanic’s liens.

Matt has vast experience in defending equitable claims, including matters involving trusts and trustees, life beneficiaries, remainder beneficiaries, constructive trust, fiduciary duties, and injunctions. Matt has first-chair jury trial experience in matters involving tort claims and has defended many different types of tort cases, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, strict liability, premises liability, battery, punitive damages, aggravating circumstances, and wrongful death.

Matt also has extensive litigation experience relating to utilities, including first-chair trial and injunction hearing experience. He also has extensive experience with litigation involving municipalities and other governmental entities, and broad experience in real estate litigation.

Matt has significant experience representing insurers in matters relating to life, health, and disability insurance policies, including ERISA cases. He has litigated claims involving excess insurance, misrepresentation, lapse, accidental death and dismemberment, conditional receipt, denials, and terminations of disability benefits, vexatious refusal, legal disability, stop loss insurance and beneficiary designations.

Prior to joining Sandberg Phoenix Matt served as a Senior Associate General Counsel for a major metropolitan university and spent nearly 22 years with a St. Louis law firm.

Matt also previously served as law clerk for Judge Lawrence G. Crahan of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.