Overview
Credentials
Perspectives

Matthew Bunnell is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. He assists a broad range of clients in a variety of practice areas, including appellate matters, commercial disputes, constitutional law, employment issues, and tort and insurance defense.

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EDUCATION

J.D., University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, valedictorian, 2020

  • Robert C. Jayes Award
  • Recipient of 7 CALI Awards
  • Omicron Delta Kappa Outstanding Graduate Award
  • Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court – Pupil
  • Brandeis Honor Society
  • Brandeis Academic Fellow
  • Moot Court Executive Board – President
  • University of Louisville Law Review – Articles Editor

B.S., Western Kentucky University, summa cum laude, 2017 (Accounting) 

  • Minors: Economics and Finance
  • Honors College Graduate
  • WKU Spirit Master
  • Greek Man of the Year, 2017

ADMISSIONS

  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky – Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Charles R. Simpson III, 2020-21
  • Heaven Hill Brands – Legal and Compliance Department Intern, 2019-20
  • Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP – Summer Associate, 2019
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – Judicial Intern for the Honorable John K. Bush, 2019
  • Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett, PLC – Summer Law Clerk, 2018
  • Kerrick Bachert Attorneys at Law, PSC – Clerk, 2014-17

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • Louisville Bar Association 

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

  • Western Kentucky University Young Alumni Council, Vice President
  • Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business Advisor
  • Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Young Professionals Board
  • Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Alumni Council, President
  • Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Mentor Program

PUBLICATIONS

PRESENTATIONS

  • “Navigating Employment Law Including Wage and Hour Changes,” Wyatt’s Employment Law Update, May 2024