Matthew Aaron Ford

Matthew Aaron Ford is Partner at Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, and he handles a variety of criminal defense and civil litigation matters for the Austin-based law firm. As an undergraduate, he attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where he majored in both philosophy and economics and received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in 2003. Mr. Ford then went on to pursue his legal education at St. John's University School of Law, and in 2008, he was awarded his Juris Doctor cum laude. Admitted to practice before all New York state courts since 2009, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York.

Mr. Ford’s criminal defense experience has involved his representation of clients who have been issued white collar crime charges by the state or federal government. His clients have included hedge fund executives, traders, broker-dealers and investment advisers, among others, and he has been able to obtain positive results after jury trials or through the negotiation of favorable plea agreements with the prosecutors. Some of Mr. Ford’s representative successes have included the dismissal with prejudice of a securities fraud action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, an acquittal of a client who faced five counts of fraud, and the dismissal of federal “pump and dump” charges.

Mr. Ford’s civil litigation experience has included cases involving alleged environmental violations, fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, contract breaches, trade secret misappropriation, and other complex matters. Prior to joining Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, he was an associate at a New York City-based international law firm.