Matthew Decker

Associate

Phone: +1 215 979 1168
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA

Matthew Decker is a trial attorney, practicing in the areas of complex commercial, consumer class action, healthcare, products liability and mass tort litigation. He regularly represents transportation and logistics companies ranging from motor vehicle manufacturers to Class I freight railroads in civil actions, including Federal Employers’ Liability Act claims.

Mr. Decker also maintains a diverse commercial practice and has experience representing large hospital systems and higher education institutions in business disputes and tort claims.

Mr. Decker is a 2014 graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, where he was a Staff Editor for the Temple International & Comparative Law Journal, and a Fellow in the Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society. While in law school, he held internships with the Hon. Thomas M. Blewitt of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Hon. Anne E. Lazarus of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Decker obtained his undergraduate degree in International Politics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 2011.

Areas of Practice

Trial
Commerical Litigation
Products Liability & Toxic Torts

Admissions

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 2014
- Staff Editor, Temple International & Comparative Law Journal
Georgetown University, B.S., 2011
- Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2018-present
McBreen & Kopko
- Associate, 2015-2018

Professional Activities

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member Civil Litigation Section

Civic and Charitable Activities

Mercy Center Skilled Nursing Facility
- Member, Board of Directors
Bethesda Project
- Member, Young Professionals Advisory Board

Selected Publications

Contributor, Duane Morris Products Liability Blog
Co-author, "Rulemaking Committee Releases Final Report Suggesting Major Changes to FAA Drone Regulations," Duane Morris Alert, March 29, 2022
Co-author, "New Jersey Federal Court Limits Scope of Fuel Pump Class Actions Against Auto Manufacturer," Duane Morris Alert, March 18, 2022
Co-author, "Insuring Commercial Drones: Liability or Opportunity?" Insurance Journal, September 6, 2021
Co-author, "FAA Issues Two Key Changes to Drone Regulations, Opening Door to Commercial Use," Duane Morris Alert, January 5, 2021
Co-author, "COVID-19 Wrongful Death Suit Against Cruise Line Harbinger of Litigation to Come," Duane Morris Alert, May 11, 2020
Author, "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Based Medical Devices: A Products Liability Perspective," Medical Devices and Diagnostic Industry, April 22, 2020
Co-author, "Supreme Court Rules That Judges Must Decide Preemption of Failure-to-Warn Claims," Duane Morris Alert, May 24, 2019
Co-author, "Should Juries Try To Predict FDA Drug Labeling Decisions?" Law360, November 13, 2018
“Bitcoin’s Blockchain Tech Could Bring Sweeping Innovation to Legal Industry,” The Legal Intelligencer, January 25, 2018

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Drone Liability,” Reinsurance Association of America “Demystifying Reinsurance” Seminar, May 12, 2022