Matthew Cathey

Matthew Cathey is an attorney at Cathey & Strain, LLC, in Cornelia, Georgia. With over 15 years of experience practicing law, he takes on civil litigation cases with a special focus on personal injury matters including product liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, mass torts and so on.

Mr. Cathey is a fierce advocate for his clients’ rights. He is devoted and firmly committed to his clients’ needs and goals. Empathetic with the injuries of his clients, he takes on each case compassionately, fully aware of the psychological and emotional consequences of being injured through no fault of one’s own.

Graduating cum laude, Mr. Cathey has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Georgia. He graduated with honors in litigation and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Georgia State University College of Law.

Mr. Cathey is admitted to practice in the state of Georgia and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He has a long record of winning several multimillion-dollar and million-dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients.

Honored for his outstanding work in the legal field, Mr. Cathey has an AV Preeminent*Peer Review Rating from Martindale Hubbell. He is also the recipient of numerous testimonials from his satisfied clients and endorsements from his peers.

In addition to his litigation and trial practice, he has immense experience in and has successfully handled other facets of trial practice such as trial preparation, Daubert challenges, motions for summary judgment, appeals, motions, hearings and expert testimony development.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.