Matthew T. Smith

I recently contacted Mr. Matthew T. Smith by posting a request for advice regarding discharge upgrades to an online public forum. I was very impressed with his quick response time, extensive knowledge of the subject matter, professionalism, and attention to detail. He seemed to have the mentality of ...an educator which I found to be extremely beneficial. Within a period of five short minutes I not only developed a better understanding of my own situation but have been able to mentally visualize and establish a clear step by step game plan for what I need to do. I am now very motivated to take the next step. Thank you so very much Mr. Matthew T. Smith!

Mathew Smith is a quintessential attorney. His performance exhibited a combination of experience, organization, and persistence that is very powerful. Prior to finding Mr. Smith, I interviewed 6 defense attorneys both military and private. Matthew was the most qualified to handle my dilemma. After m...y initial consultation, I was very confident in his ability to provide favorable results so I retained his services. Matthew was well organized, responsive to my calls, text messages and written email correspondence. I’m a member of SEAL Team Seventeen and I was facing a Board of Inquiry. The Naval Special Warfare Command tried to separate me from the Navy. Matthew stood up to the command and received favorable results. His performance was exemplary. He saved my military career. I’m extremely grateful that such an attorney exists. I made the right decision by not settling and selecting Matthew Smith to represent me.

Matt Smith(or Sir as I still call him), is an exceptional lawyer. I highly recommend him for all your defense needs, despite him only listing three fields of practice. What he did for my family and I is immeasurable. I was one of his last clients while he was still in the Corps, and he was one of the... first attorneys to believe in me, and it showed in his work with the way he fought day and night for me. Matt fought for me when i had little fight left. This man instills trust from the start and always has his eyes on the bigger picture and is never dishonest. Little background, I went through three lawyers for a major military trial and I lost badly. Spent over $26k just to get shafted, By the grace of God, and a great appeals attorney, I was awarded a new trial. Matt was highly recommended to represent me in the new trial and I'm forever grateful. Matt contacted me immediately, and impressed me with his due diligence. This man knew more about my record of trial and my issues than i did, and I was there. HA! Matt would consult with fellow attorneys he respected in the middle of the night if a new strategy popped in his head. He literally ate, breathed and slept my case. Never took a day off. Matt used to text me from vacation to remind of things we needed for my case. His preparation is tedious, his strategy is methodical, and his results are fantastic. But the results aside, I implore anyone who is facing insurmountable odds, or feeling hopeless about your situation to hire Matt. The money will be well spent. Sort of like an investment, you'll spend a reasonable amount of money to protect your name, financial security, and reputation. Matt takes all that serious. In hind sight, he took it more serious than I did honestly. For my military members, Matt was fearless, yet respectable, when it came to higher ranked opposition. The Judge included. The judge in my case made a few attempts to step out of bounds so to speak, and Matt had no problem raising his voice to object, or to remind the Military Judge of the law. Even when faced with contempt. Matt told me he doesn't care about that kind of stuff, I come first. My rights come first! So now imagine how more emboldened he is now that he's a civilian attorney. His approach to my trial at first seemed unorthodox, but it was a brilliant strategy. His closing argument was something out of a movie I swear. He prepared me and my witnesses perfectly for trial and even got my ex-wife out there to speak on my behalf. Not saying this will be the case for you, but even after my trial he continued to fight. He pushed back against the command who tried to kick me out and give me a terrible discharge just because they didn't get the results they wanted at trial. He kicked their a**** as well btw. It didn't stop there, this man went to war with DFAS and won, to assure I didn't get screwed over. I wish I could leave my contact info so i can be more detailed about my experience with him, but this website advises not to. For good reason i suppose, but if you hire Matt, he has my permission to talk about my case or give you my contact. Matt is someone you can be honest with, someone you can trust and he'll never let you down. I don't want to fluff this review and make him seem invincible. That's disingenuous. I will say if you hire Matt and lose after fully cooperating with him the way he suggests and follow all his advice, chances are you knew you were guilty, he knew you were guilty and the results were expected. After spending over a year with him on my case you can't convince me otherwise. Matthew Smith restored my faith in the military, in the law, and more importantly myself. I'm forever blessed to have had him represent me. I'd go to war with him any day. He embodies our credo, "never leave a man behind."

I was in a very delicate gray area of what my rights were and how to handle a situation with communicating with my chain of command aswell as other military resources, I was on the knife's edge of being court-martialed. Matthew took time out of his day time and time again to help advise and research ...my standings and provide not only knowledge but supportive as former Marine himself. During the course of the process I had an incredible amount of confidence and ease of mind , this came from the information consistently and accurately that Matthew provided and the the scenarios he correctly predicted and how to mitigate them when/should they present themselves. A true character of "hope for the best prepare for the worst" I felt ready to deal with the situation anyway the chips landed. I never had to go pass a 61.05 and it boiled down to the advise I received of how to simply communicate with the Chain of Command+Staff Judge Advocates office from Matthew. If you are in any sort of trouble inside the UCMJ and I would bet any form of law Matthew practiced do not hesitate to call for the consultation, its free and you wont regret it.