MATTHEW T. STONE
Shareholder, Philadelphia
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Stone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers-Camden School of Law. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Stone served as a law clerk for the Honorable Eduardo C. Robreno in the United States District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to forming Murray, Stone & Wilson, Mr. Stone spent several years representing victims of elder abuse and neglect at a national plaintiff’s firm.
In 2018, Mr. Stone obtained what is believed to be the highest sexual abuse nursing home verdict in Pennsylvania history, on behalf of a elderly woman with dementia who was sexually assaulted by another nursing home resident who had a history of sexual misconduct.
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AWARDS
Mr. Stone was named a Pennsylvania “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine, an honor reserved for only 2.5 percent of attorneys in the State of Pennsylvania under the age of 40, from 2013-2017. Mr. Stone is also a member of the National Trial Lawyers, an organization comprised of the top 100 civil Plaintiff attorneys in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Stone is also a member of the National Association of Distinguised Counsel, Nation’s Top One Percent. The National Association of Distinguished Counsel is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. The mission of the NADC is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate. The National Association of Distinguished Counsel employs an objective, rigorous, multi-stage selection process. By virtue of the incredible selectivity of their research process, only the elite few are invited to join the ranks of the NADC. Specifically, less than 1% of practicing attorneys in the United States are members of the “Nation’s Top Attorneys”.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Stone currently serves on the Board of the Philadelphia Lawyers Club and is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and Pennsylvania Association for Justice.
CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
Rutgers School of Law – Camden (J.D.)
University of Pennsylvania (B.A.)
STATE BAR ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court of Appeals Third Circuit
CONTACT
- mstone@mswlawgroup.com
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- (215) 947-5300