Matthew is known for his ability to blend the law and sound business sense to produce results that balance legal protection, profitability, and reasonableness. Clients often praise the quality of the sound business and legal advice they receive. Clients also appreciate Matthew’s ability to connect people with those that can most help them with whatever project they are working on.

In his spare time, Matthew enjoys baseball, golfing, and spending time with his family.

Education:
Juris Doctor, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, May 2006
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Texas A&M University Texarkana, May 2000

Practice Areas:
Real Estate
Investor Strategies
Wealth Protection
Estate Planning
Entity Formation/ Usage

Professional Memberships:
State Bar of Texas
Board of Trustees of the Texas Land Title Association Political Action Committee
Board of Adjustment for the City of Coppell
State Bar of Florida
Supreme Court of the United States

Ben has had a varied professional life as an adult by serving in the United States Air Force, and working as an actor, a talent agent, a high school teacher, a university lecturer, and a croupier before entering law school.

Ben has received diplomas from the famous Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, El Centro College (DCCCD), University of Texas at Arlington, and Texas Tech University School of Law.

Ben is an avid reader and greatly enjoys collecting and reading books, but only in the select areas of reference books, languages, religion and apologetics, political economics and strategic forecasting, science fiction and speculative fantasy. Suzanne is a highly-respected and accomplished Vice President of Operations for a Senior Housing Corporation which is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Ben has served the community as a volunteer attorney with the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program with Legal Aid of North Texas, and continues to the serve the larger community as a Knight of Columbus.

Ben has extensive knowledge of municipal law and has served as an assistant city attorney for nine home rule and general law cities and as special counsel for several other cities in litigation matters.

Ben has also travelled extensively throughout the State of Texas as an attorney and he has appeared in over 120 counties in Texas to personally file lawsuits, obtain ex-parte and show-cause sequestration orders and conduct substitute trustee foreclosure sales.

Now that Ben has joined Pratt Aycock, he is currently focusing on general civil litigation, business and real estate law, wills and estate planning and probate.

PRACTICE AREAS:
General Civil Law and Litigation
Municipal Law and Litigation
Estate Planning
Probate
Creditor/Debtor
Landlord/Tenant
Real Estate and Foreclosures
Business Law

ADMISSIONS:
Texas State Bar
U.S. District Court – Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court – Western District of Texas

EDUCATION:
J.D. – Texas Tech University 1998, CALI and AmJur Awards
B.A. – Russian Language – University of Texas at Arlington, Magna Cum Laude 1989
A.A. – Small Computer Systems – El Centro College, DCCCD 1986
Diploma – Russian Language – Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California 1978
Woodrow Wilson H.S., Dallas, Texas 1977

AFFILIATIONS:
State Bar of Texas
Knights of Columbus

MILITARY SERVICE:
U.S.A.F. 1977-1981