Attorney Van Matre, smiling and standing in front of family photos

Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury 75%
  • Criminal Defense

Education

  • Liberty University School of Law, Lynchburg, Virginia
    • Doctorate of Jurisprudence
    • Honors: Dean's List
  • University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
    • B.A. - 2007
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Honors: Dean's List
    • Major: Political Science and Humanities
    • Minor: Philosophy

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia, 2010
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
  • Superior Courts of the State of Georgia, 2010
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2014

Professional Associations

  • Henry County Bar Association, Member, 2010 to Present
  • Spalding County Bar Association, Member, 2015 to Present

Published Works

  • Daniels Georgia Criminal Trial Practice Forms, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2021

Honors

  • Area Award, Political Scient, 2007
  • Best Oralist, 2009
  • Regional Champion, ABA Negotiations, 2009
  • Superlawyers Rising Stars, 2020-2021
  • America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Lawyers and Top Lawyers recipient, 2020-2021

Pro-Bono Activities

  • General Counsel, Henry Players
  • Free Rep for impoverished Defendant to Remove from Sex Offender

Representative Clients

  • Tumlinson v. Dix, 309 ga 184 (2020), Ga S. Ct.
  • Woodall v. Johnson, 823 S.E.2d 379 (2019), Ga Ct. App
  • State v. Allen, Ga Ct. App. (2014), Ga. Ct. App

Past Positions

  • Law Offices of Robert J. Semrad & Associates
  • Spalding County District Attorney's Office in Griffin Georgia, ADA, 2012 to 2013
  • Henry County District Attorney's Office, McDonough, GA, A.D.A, 2013 to 2015

Languages

  • English

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Death Penalty Certified