Matt Stucky spent nearly a dozen years learning how the justices of the California Court of Appeal decide cases.
As the supervising writs attorney at the Fourth District, Division One, of the California Court of Appeal in San Diego, Matt worked with the justices to review thousands of writ petitions. He advised the court on recommended dispositions for every type of petition and learned to differentiate between petitions destined for a summary denial and for writ relief. Before supervising the writs department, Matt collaborated with justices to draft hundreds of appellate opinions on scores of issues, including land use and environmental review, business and commercial litigation, real property, family law, employment, lawsuits involving public entities, civil procedure disputes, and anti-SLAPP law.
Before joining the court, he handled appeals in private practice.
Matt previously specialized in civil appeals with a large California law firm, where he drafted appellate briefs filed in California Courts of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also regularly advised trial attorneys and drafted dispositive and post-judgment motions on complex legal issues to ensure they were preserved for appeal.
Matt has been involved with numerous San Diego civic organizations.
In recent years, he served with the North Park Community Planning Committee, the North Park Maintenance Assessment District Advisory Board, and the Circulate San Diego Policy Committee.
He graduated from the George Washington University Law School with honors.
Matt was a Notes Editor of the George Washington International Law Review, a member of the Student Bar Association, and he externed in law school with the California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of California, San Diego.
Clerkships
California Court of Appeal
- Fourth District
Law School
George Washington University Law School
Bar Admissions
California