Avoid A Stalemate
"Private dispute resolution allows people to maintain
confidentiality and resolve their case quickly and
economically without
losing control of the outcome." MFD

P.O. Box 2146
Augusta, ME 04338
Tel. 207-623-5088
Fax 888-470-2763
matt@mattdyer.com
Biography
I have been a member of the Bar of
the
State of Maine since December 1978. I was admitted in the
State
of New York in 1976 following my graduation from New York Law
School. In 2011, I was admitted to the Arizona State
Bar.
During law school I had several jobs which gave me some
valuable experience. I was employed as a claims adjuster
by the
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and The Hartford Group. I
next
worked as an investigator with the Kings County (Brooklyn)
District
Attorney's Office in New York City also while attending law
school.
After law school, I accepted a
position in the
New
York State Special Prosecutor's Office (investigating the New
York City
Criminal Justice System) as a Special Assistant Attorney
General.
My family's
roots in Maine stretch back
to the early 1700's, and we came here in the summer when I was a
child. This lead me to apply for a job with the Maine
Department
of the Attorney General, and I was hired as an Assistant
Attorney
General after I
passed the Maine bar examination. There, I spent several
years
prosecuting homicide and
white collar criminal cases.
I entered private practice in
Augusta in
1984, where I have been in private practice representing
individuals and
businesses since then. My
cases
and clients have exposed me to almost any type of legal cases
one can
imagine, but most of my work has been with the trial courts with
an
emphasis on civil, probate and family matter litigation.
I have served or am serving on
various
public boards:
Chair of the
City of Augusta Board of
Zoning Appeals
Member , City of Augusta Board of
Education
Chair, Fee Arbitration Panel for
the Board of Overseers
of the Bar
Chair, Vietnam and Atomic
Veterans
Commission, appointed by Governor
McKernan
Original Chair of the
Maine Crime Victim's Compensation Board during the Governor King
administration
Member, Gambling Control Board,
appointed by Governor Baldacci
I also served as Chair of the
Supreme
Judicial Court's Advisory Committee
on the Rules
of Evidence, Special Counsel to the
Maine Superior Court and as Special Bar Counsel for the Board of
Overseers of the Bar. I am the past Chair of both the
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Family Law
Section of the Maine State Bar Association.
I have been accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs
to represent veterans before that agency, and I am a member of
the Bar
of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC)
in
Washington, DC where I have represented veterans on the
appellate level
after being turned down by the VA.
Right after high school, I joined the United States Army
and served in the Intelligence Service in South Vietnam and also
in South Korea.
I have been married to Nancy M.
Dyer,
Pharm. D., since 1976 and we live in Augusta, Maine and have a
second
home in Gilbert, Arizona. Our son, Jonathan, is a member
of the
Virginia Bar and is practicing in Arlington, VA.