Matthew C. Bouchard
(919) 719-8565 (Direct)
Matt Bouchard has been with Lewis & Roberts, P.L.L.C. since 2006 after spending his first five years of practice with Holland & Knight LLP in Boston. From the start, Matt's practice has focused on commercial construction matters, including the prosecution and defense of payment, defect, extra work, termination, delay, inefficiency, bond and lien claims. Matt's clients include regional and national general contractors, surety companies, private owners and developers, specialty subcontractors and suppliers. In addition to handling claims, Matt also helps his clients negotiate construction contracts and counsels his clients throughout the construction process, from contract award through final completion.
Matt is a member of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry and the Construction Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law and of Duke University.
Areas of Practice
- Construction & Surety Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Appellate Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 2007
- Massachusetts, 2002
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2007
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2007
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2007
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Doctor of Jurisprudence, J.D. - 2001
- Honors: Trial Law Academy President 2000-2001
- Law Review: N.C. Banking Institute, 1999 - 2001
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- A.B. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1994
- Major: Public Policy Studies
Published Works
- Tarheel Construction Law
- North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook, Co-Author, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Inc., 5th ed., 2009
- Northeast Update, 2006 Construction Law Update Co-Author, Aspen Publishers, 2006
- Randolph v. Green Tree Financial Corp., Are Consumer Arbitration Agreements That Are Silent As To The Apportionment Of Arbitral Expenses Enforceable?, 4 North Carolina Banking Institute 319, April, 2000
Representative Clients
- J.M. Thompson Company
- The Kenney Companies
- Blythe Development Co.
- Anthony & Co.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- American Bar Association, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
- North Carolina Bar Association, Construction Law Section
- North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Wake County Bar Association
Past Employment Positions
- Holland & Knight, LLP, Associate, 2001 - 2006
