Matthew Cushing
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Director of Executive and Community Learning Programs
Matthew Cushing is an Associate Teaching Professor and the founder of Colorado Law’s Appellate Advocacy Practicum, which represents clients in civil appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Matt also runs Colorado’s chapter of the national Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, which pairs law students with high schools across Colorado to teach high school students about the Constitution, their rights, public speaking and advocacy, and other related topics.
As the director of Colorado Law's Community Learning programs, Matt administers Colorado Law's Mini Law School program, an eight-week series that introduces non-lawyers to interesting legal issues that impact their day-to-day lives.
Prior to joining Colorado Law, Matt's practice focused on appellate advocacy and complex litigation in federal and state courts. While working at Jones Day and in the Ohio State Solicitor's office, Matt argued before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and intermediate state appellate courts. He has been the primary author on numerous briefs before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and federal and state intermediate appellate courts across the country, including the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Sixth, and Tenth Circuits.
Matt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. During law school, he was an Arthur Littleton and H. Clayton Louderback Legal Writing Instructor and a member of the school's Supreme Court clinic, where he was involved in drafting briefs at both the certiorari and merits stage and preparing attorneys for argument in cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010), Abbott v. Abbott, 560 U.S. 1 (2010), Astrue v. Ratliff, 560 U.S. 586 (2010), Svete v. United States, No. 09-7576, City of Reno v. Conn, No. 09-1361, Yuma Anesthesia Medical Services LLC v. Fleming, No. 09-1146, and Robinson v. Lehman, No. 09-697.
After law school, Matt clerked for the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable Douglas P. Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Areas of Specialty
Appellate Practice (including Appellate Advocacy)
Education
JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
BA, Boston College