Matthew Lilly is the managing partner of Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP. Mr. Lilly joined the firm in 2010. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lilly practiced for eight years in the Orange County office of Gibson Dunn.
Mr. Lilly represents clients in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters. Mr. Lilly’s clients conduct business in an array of industries, including commercial lending, construction/recycling, consulting, insurance, retail sales, and many others. Mr. Lilly has experience representing clients in connection with contract disputes, shareholder disputes, unfair competition law claims, real estate and construction litigation, and several other types of commercial litigation. In these capacities, Mr. Lilly has represented clients in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as in arbitration proceedings, and has appeared before the SEC.
EDUCATION
Mr. Lilly received his law degree in 2001 from UCLA School of Law. At UCLA School of Law, he was the Chief Comments Editor of the UCLA Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, which is awarded to the top 10% of the graduating class. While earning his law degree, Mr. Lilly was a recipient of the Italian American Lawyers Association Scholarship, Gail McKinney-Wheat Scholarship, and Curtis B. Danning Scholarship. Mr. Lilly earned a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine in 1995.
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Lilly is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the State of California, and the United States Supreme Court.
COMMUNITY
Mr. Lilly is a former member and chairman of the Board of Directors for The Raise Foundation, and in 2017 was the recipient of the organization's Deserving of Praise award. Serving Orange County families since 1974, The Raise Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child abuse.
Mr. Lilly is a former participant in the Orange County District Attorney’s Trial Attorney Partnership program. Mr. Lilly single-chaired misdemeanor jury trials as part of the program (all of which resulted in guilty verdicts), and felony preliminary hearings (all of which resulted in the defendant being held over for trial).
Contact info:
mlilly@ftrlfirm.com
(949) 759-3810 x24