Matt Arnold

Matthew R. "Matt" Arnold, Esq. is the Managing Member of A&S Personal Injury Lawyers (Arnold & Smith, PLLC) and a North Carolina Board Certified Family Law Specialist. A Charlotte native, he co-founded Arnold & Smith, PLLC with J. Bradley Smith in 2007.

While he primarily focuses on family law — divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, equitable distribution, and other matrimonial matters — Arnold also handles personal injury matters at the firm's affiliated personal injury practice. He is an experienced trial attorney who has tried bench and jury trials in both North Carolina District Court and North Carolina Superior Court.

Arnold has been recognized in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite (2024), as a Top 10 Personal Injury Law Attorney (2024), and through Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Stars designations. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and holds a Justia Lawyer Rating of 10.0 and an Avvo Rating of 10.0.

He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, American Bar Association Family Law Section, North Carolina Bar Association Family Law Section, North Carolina Advocates for Justice Family Law Section, American Association for Justice Family Law Section, the Justice William Bobbitt Inn of Court, the Mecklenburg County Bar, and the Belmont Abbey College Alumni Board of Directors.

He earned his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2003, where he was a Chancellor's Scholar and on the Dean's List, and his B.A. in Psychology cum laude from Belmont Abbey College in 2000, where he was a Varsity Basketball Captain. He is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.