Matthew Fronda

Biography Matt Fronda joined the firm as a law clerk in 2013 after interning at state courts at both the trial and appellate level. Now a Partner at the firm, he helps direct the firms litigation and dealer-services practices. Mr. Fronda also focuses on complex probate and civil litigation matters, and regularly appears as lead counsel across the states of Texas and Oklahoma. Experience & Highlights: Obtained a favorable settlement in a complex probate dispute involving more than $250 million in assets. Represented numerous buyers and sellers of automotive dealerships totaling more than $100 million in value. Represented heirs to one of the most prominent families in Dallas in a contested probate dispute regarding the deed to a Texas ranch in an estate worth more than $100 million. Represented a private investment firm in complex federal insurance litigation involving claims in excess of $60 million. Regularly advised a prominent agricultural lender to consummate a portfolio of loans in excess of $35 million. Represented a large national bank in the $5.9 million sale and acquisition of a Texas pharmacy. Obtained a dismissal on behalf of a Texas dealership of claims in excess of $1 million asserted by one of the worlds largest automobile manufacturers and distributors for a dealer incentive program. Represented Fortune 500 company as lead legal compliance and licensure counsel for its nationwide acquisition of a chain of auction houses. Assisted as outside counsel to a nationwide automotive finance company, coordinating bankruptcy and replevin actions across the country. Education Juris Doctorate, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2014 Texas A&M Law Review, Executive Board Deans Scholar Barbri Conviser Scholar B. S., Journalism & Business, Texas State University, 2011 Courts Admitted State of Texas State of Oklahoma U. S. Supreme Court U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit U. S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Texas U. S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Texas U. S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Texas U. S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Texas Professional Associations State Bar of Texas State Bar of Oklahoma Texas Creditors Bar Association, Director & Past-President Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit Tarrant County Bar Association Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society Jesuit Legal Society Texas Automobile Dealers Association North Texas Automobile Dealers Association Awards & Recognition Top Attorney, Best Lawyers in America (2023-2024) Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2022-2024) Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine (2019, 2022, & 2024) Speeches & Publications Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, Twelfth Edition, State Bar of Texas, 2024. Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies for Collection Cases, State Bar of Texas, May, 2024. Speaker, How to Take an Effective Post-Judgment Deposition and Finding Assets via Technology, State Bar of Texas, May, 2024. Speaker, Post-Judgment Remedies: Judgment Liens, Garnishment, Execution, Turnover Proceedings, Receiverships Under the DTPA, Charging Orders and Other Stuff, State Bar of Texas, May, 2023. Speaker & Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies for Collection Cases, State Bar of Texas, October, 2022. Speaker, Post-judgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022. Co-Author, Creditors Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022. Speaker & Co-Author, Dealing with Difficult Judgment Debtors, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022. Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2021. Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, August, 2020. Speaker, A Creditors Mock Trial, State Bar of Texas, August, 2020. Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, September, 2019. Co-Author, The Contempt Process: A Crash Course in the Enforcement of Civil Orders, State Bar of Texas, May, 2019. Co-Author, Sequestrations & Collateral Recovery, State Bar of Texas, May, 2018. Co-Chair & Host, Texas Creditors Course, Texas Creditors Bar Association, October, 2017. Speaker, A Creditors Mock Trial, State Bar of Texas, May, 2017. Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, Fifth Edition, State Bar of Texas, 2017. Co-Author, Implementing Replevins in Texas Courts, State Bar of Texas, May 2016. Co-Author, Sequestrations, A Practical Overview, State Bar of Texas, May 2015. Symposium Chair & Host, Energy Symposium, Texas A&M Law Review, March, 2014. Symposium Chair & Host, Intellectual Property Symposium, Texas A&M Law Review, October, 2013.