Matthew J. Slovin

Matt Slovin practices in the firm's Litigation Group, focusing on complex commercial and general corporate litigation matters.

Matt’s past experience includes representing tribal governments in complex litigation. Matt also previously served as a law clerk for Judge Lawrence E. Kahn of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Before law school, he worked as a sports journalist with bylines appearing in The New York Times and USA TODAY.

Matt earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Michigan, where he was the Managing Editor of The Michigan Daily.

Matt is admitted to practice law in Ohio, the District of Columbia, and Washington.

What was your first job?
My first job was Arby’s when I was 14, but my first job out of college was as a reporter covering the University of Tennessee’s sports teams for The Tennessean. Journalism was an excellent precursor to a legal career; I still build relationships and I still write for an audience.

What do you enjoy about being an attorney?
I like that there’s often no objectively correct answer to a given question. That makes advocacy critical: Who can come up with the best arguments for why a dispute should come out a certain way?

Where would we find you on a typical Saturday/Sunday?
I’m likely doing some of the following: starting the day with coffee and an egg sandwich at Mom ‘n ‘em Coffee & Wine; playing pickleball at Sawyer Point; watching the Bengals; and continuing my hunt for Cincinnati’s spiciest food (KungFood Amerasia in Covington has the lead).