Matthew A. Kezhaya

Matt Kezhaya primarily practices complex litigation.  Litigation is fighting about something in court.  Complex litigation is when the fight is complicated.  Sometimes it's the facts; sometimes it's the law.  Sometimes it's both.  When Matt is involved, the stakes are always high.

Matt's unfair advantage is his dedication and resilience.  By refusing to accept trial losses, Matt has developed a reputation for being "the appeals guy" in Northwest Arkansas.  Appeals are a chance to turn a trial loss into a win.  Appeals are hard to win because the system doesn't want to keep hearing and rehearing cases.  Matt wins appeals.  Attorneys and governments send clients to Matt when the stakes are at their highest.

Some examples of Matt's appellate victories include:

• Overturning the denial of hospital fees to an injured client
• Overturning a 140-year multiple rape conviction
• Overturning a decades-long local practice that required relocating parents to pay all travel expenses for visitation
• Overturning a procedural bar to second habeas petitions where the first resulted in a direct appeal

​After hours, Matt volunteers at the Bentonville Library Foundation, the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Arkansas Bar Association.

Matt earned his JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Prior to law school, he obtained a BS in Organizational Management with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and a minor in Economics from the Walton College of Business.

Practice areas:

• Commercial litigation
• Appellate litigation
• General civil litigation
• Creditor's rights
• Business entity formation
• Employer compliance
• Professional compliance
• Trademarks and copyrights
• Contracts drafting
• Estate planning and probate

Bar Admissions:

• Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Eastern and Western District Courts of Arkansas
• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations:

• American Bar Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
  • ​Chair of Civil Litigation Section
• Arkansas Creditor's Bar Association
• Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association

Volunteer work:

• Treasurer and Director of the Bentonville Library Foundation

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Social Associations:

• NWA Emerging Leaders
• Member of artinfusion at Crystal Bridges

Education:

• University of Arkansas School of Law - Juris Doctor
• University of Arkansas Walton College of Business - Bachelor's of Science (Organizational Management with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and a minor in Economics)​