Atty. Matthew Richard Schreck
Matthew Schreck is a partner at Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A., defending clients in both state and federal court in various matters, including catastrophic and complex litigation. His practice focuses on transportation law, construction law, products liability, and premises liability.
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Matthew Richard Schreck is a Partner based in Orlando, Florida, practicing at Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak P.A.. They have 22+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2004. Their practice focuses on employment, real estate, commercial re, slip & fall, and product liability. Admitted to practice in Illinois (2004), Indiana U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois U.S. District Court, Central District of (2008), Florida (2016), and Pennsylvania (2017). Educated at John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2004) and Evangel College (B.S., 2001). Active member of DuPage, Illinois State and Indiana State Bar Associations Defense Research Institute and The Florida Bar. Serands clients in Orlando, FL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Matthew Schreck is a partner at Alvarez, Thompson & Smoak, P.A., defending clients in both state and federal court in various matters, including catastrophic and complex litigation
- His practice focuses on transportation law, construction law, products liability, and premises liability
- Prior to practicing, Matthew was a judicial extern for Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois, where he worked on various cases involving both state and federal law, including employment discrimination and retaliation claims and cases involving municipal entities
- In August of 2004, Matthew began his legal career with Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P. C. in Wheaton, Illinois
- In his ten years with Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P. C., Matthew practiced in both state and federal court, in the areas of civil litigation, subrogation, insurance defense, including trucking liability, automobile accidents, construction accidents, products liability, medical malpractice defense, long term care facility and nursing home defense, premises liability, and the defense of local governmental and municipal entities, including the defense of § 1983 claims, constitutional rights claims, equal protection claims, due process claims, false arrest, search and seizure, retaliation claims, and malicious prosecution.At Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P. C., Matthew aggressively defended numerous construction, trucking and other companies in catastrophic and complex litigation throughout Illinois and Indiana, including a defendant in the highly publicized Indiana State Fair Litigation
- He became a partner at Mulherin, Rehfeldt & Varchetto, P. C. in 2012
- In November of 2014, he joined Momkus McCluskey, LLC in Lisle, Illinois, where he aggressively defended clients in construction, trucking, premises liability, and automobile accident matters
- In 2005, Matthew’s article, “Preventing ‘You’ve Got Mail™’ From Meaning ‘You’ve Been Served’: How Service of Process By E-Mail Does Not Meet Constitutional Procedural Due Process Requirements,” was published in the John Marshall Law Review
- Matthew is originally from Long Island, New York
- He resides in Melbourne, Florida with his wife and two children
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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Matthew Richard Schreck is one of 29,473 slip & fall attorneys indexed nationally. Browse slip & fall attorneys in Florida →
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Why local counsel matters in Florida
Practicing law in Florida. Legal matters in Florida are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Orlando are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Florida state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Florida brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Florida courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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