About Matthew E.
Matthew E. Wright built his legal foundation at Vanderbilt. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 and returned to Vanderbilt University Law School to receive his J.D. in 2002. The two degrees bookend a decade of study in Nashville and reflect a long connection to Tennessee’s legal community.
Wright moved into litigation early in his career. He served as an equity shareholder at Hardee, Martin, Donahoe, Owens & Wright, P.A., beginning in 2011. In the years that followed he took on leadership roles in professional organizations, including a co-chair position on the Interstate Trucking Litigation Journal for the American Association for Justice in 2014. Those roles signaled a growing profile among trial lawyers who handle complex civil matters.
In 2016 he founded WRIGHT LAW, PLC and took on the title of owner and trial lawyer. The move to run a practice gave him direct control over case selection and strategy. It also positioned him to represent clients in state and federal court across Tennessee. He is admitted to the Tennessee bar and is authorized to appear in the United States District Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Tennessee.
Outside the firm he has maintained active ties to trial advocacy education. He became a member of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in 2011 and remains affiliated. He has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 2006. Those associations have been consistent outlets for professional development and for exchanging trial techniques with peers.
Wright’s practice centers on litigation in Tennessee courts and in federal court divisions that serve the state. He handles matters that require courtroom experience and an understanding of procedural and substantive rules across multiple districts. Cases have ranged in complexity, and his career path reflects steady involvement in the civil trial bar. He continues to operate WRIGHT LAW, PLC and appears regularly in state and federal court on behalf of his clients.
He maintains his practice in Tennessee and continues to accept cases that require trial representation in the state and its federal district courts.
