Matthew L. Lippert is Of Counsel to the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Practice
Group. Mr. Lippert represents clients
ranging from large financial institutions to family-owned businesses in a
variety of matters, including both litigation and arbitration of commercial
disputes related to banking, real estate, contracts, corporate governance and
antitrust issues. He also has particular
experience dealing with expert evidence, including cooperating with experts to
produce strong reports, preparing experts to testify, and taking as well as
defending the depositions of expert witnesses.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Lippert was a litigation
associate in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he
represented financial institutions and other companies in securities
litigation, complex commercial litigation and government investigations. During that time, he was personally involved
in a large number of matters arising out of mortgage-backed securities and the
financial crisis, and also coordinated litigation strategy across a larger set
of similar matters, in addition to working closely with client personnel to
give operational and transactional advice in order to reduce litigation
risk.