As a partner with Hathaway & Kunz, Matt’s legal practice focuses on business, corporate, technology, capital formation, intellectual property protection, mergers and acquisitions.
With an advanced LL.M. degree in entrepreneurial law, Matt is well equipped to provide highly-skilled representation to entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging companies—as well as established companies—on complex transactions and strategies.
He routinely represents and advises clients on matters such as entity formations, financing and operational issues, intellectual property, regulatory compliance and contract matters. He is one of only a few attorneys in Wyoming actively representing clients in private placement securities matters, and recently co-lawyered Wyoming’s first ever equity-based crowdfunding campaign.
Additionally, Matt is one of the only attorney’s in Wyoming advising companies on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and token offerings. He has significant experience representing clients in litigation matters, routinely appearing before various state and federal courts in Wyoming.
Deeply involved in local and regional entrepreneurship, Matt co-founded the Wyoming Entrepreneurs group that meets in Cheyenne; has published academic articles on developing entrepreneurship in Wyoming, crowd funding and the new blockchain/cryptocurrency industry; is counsel to dozens of start-ups, emerging technology companies, and investment funds across Wyoming; is an active tech and real estate investor; and has been a guest speaker on topics such as capital raising, securities, blockchain, and legal issues surrounding start-ups in Wyoming.
Matt was also a co-founder and three-year Chairman of the Array School of Technology and Design, Wyoming’s first private coding school, before exiting through a sale of the company in 2018. His newest venture is becoming a partner with BXE Capital, a cryptocurrency investment fund, based in Denver, Colorado.
In addition to graduating from the University of Wyoming with a B.A. and J.D., Matt also has a graduate law degree (LLM) from the University of Colorado. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Wyoming Law School and is a graduate of Leadership Wyoming.
Matt has been repeatedly selected as one of the Mountain States SuperLawyer “Rising Stars,” one of the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40,” an American Society of Legal Advocates “Top 40 under 40 in Wyoming,” and a National Trial Lawyers “Top 100.”
In 2017, Matt was appointed by Governor Matt Mead as the only attorney to serve on the statewide executive council of ENDOW (economically needed diversification options for Wyoming), which helped Wyoming develop a new economic diversification strategy. In 2018, Matt was also appointed by Gov. Mead to serve on the legislatively created Blockchain Taskforce, a role to which he was reappointed by Governor Gordon in 2019.
Most recently, Matt was further appointed by the Wyoming Supreme Court to serve on the Chancery Court Committee, purposed with standing up the newly created Chancery (business) court in Wyoming.
Matt and his wife, Dr. Reagan Kaufman, live in Cheyenne with their two children.
