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Matthew R. House
Partner
mhouse@jamesandhouse.com
501-372-6555 (Main)
501-372-6333 (Facsimile)
501-801-2992 (Direct Dial)
Practice Areas:
Business and Commercial Litigation; Estate, Trust & Probate Litigation; Personal Injury/Tort Suits; White Collar Criminal Defense; Construction Disputes; False Claims Act (Qui Tam) Suits; Health Care/Hospital Litigation; Federal/State Appeals; Employment Litigation; and Family Law.
Education:
Thomas Edison Preparatory High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas (Bachelor of Arts---Politics); University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, Little Rock, Arkansas (Juris Doctorate).
Admissions:
All Arkansas courts, including the Arkansas Supreme Court and Arkansas Court of Appeals. Numerous Federal courts, including the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri; the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington D.C.; and the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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Memberships:
Arkansas Bar Association; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association; Pulaski County Bar Association.
Blog:
Author of “WEALTH WARS: Arkansas Estate, Trust & Probate Litigation Blog” (www.arkansaswealthwars.com).
Publications:
Chair, Editor, and Contributing Author of 18 And Life To Go: A Legal Handbook For Young Arkansans, a 136-page publication authored by the ABA’s Young Lawyers Section (available at www.arkbar.com); Author, Remember Your Oath?---Young Lawyers’ Obligation To Render Public Service, Spring 2009, YLS In Brief, Arkansas Bar Association Young Lawyers Section; Co-Author, Pretextual Use of Search Warrants in Federal White Collar Crime Investigations of Legitimate Businesses to Conduct Custodial Interrogations of Targets, Employees, and Occupants: Can They Really Do That?, 26 U. Ark. Little Rock Law Rev. No. 2 (Winter 2004).
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Biography:
Matt has been practicing with the firm and its predecessor ever since graduating from law school in 1999. He also served as a law clerk for the firm commencing in 1998 while attending law school. Matt has handled a wide variety of civil and criminal litigation for individuals and businesses, ranging from small entities to Fortune 500 companies. He has also spoken at numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars (e.g., Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention; ABA’s “Best of CLE” seminar; Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, etc.) on such issues as electronic surveillance as well as qui tam suits under the federal False Claims Act.
Honors:
2010 co-recipient of Hendrix College’s “Outstanding Young Alumnus” Award; 2009-2010 co-recipient of the Arkansas Bar Assocation "Presidential Award of Excellence"; 2008-2009 recipient of the Arkansas Bar Association Judith Ryan Gray "Outstanding Young Lawyer" Service Award.
Personal:
Matt’s family consists of his wife, Holly, who also attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, their son, Jackson, and daughter, Riley. They are active members of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock where Matt serves on the Mission Board. He also keeps busy with charitable activities, participating in such efforts as the Center for Arkansas Legal Services (CALS) (www.arlegalservices.org), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing free legal representation to low-income Arkansans. Matt is co-founder and Vice-President (Former President) of the Board of Directors for Harmony Health Clinic (www.harmonyclinicar.org), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing free medical and dental care to low-income, uninsured Arkansans living or working in Pulaski County.
Hobbies:
With a busy law practice and a busier young family, Matt’s schedule does not leave much room for goofing off. However, when he has some free time Matt enjoys the outdoors, exercising, traveling, reading, tailgating at Arkansas Razorback football games, and participating on a barbecue team which has won multiple trophies over the years cooking baby back ribs in the amateur division of the annual Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Contest.
Matt’s thoughts on the practice of law:
“While the lawyer cannot change the underlying facts or events in a given case, they can impact the final result through long hours and old-fashioned hard work---striving to out-work, out-prepare, out-research, and out-organize the other side. Hard work in a case with a good set of facts can often achieve better results than originally anticipated. Hard work in a case with a bad set of facts can often have the effect of leveling the playing field, thereby also achieving better results than originally anticipated. Absent settlement the final outcome in a litigated matter is ultimately determined by a judge or jury, but hard work and long hours can without question influence that outcome.”
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