About Matthew Bennett

Matthew E. Bennett is an attorney at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers (Franklin D. Azar & Associates) in Aurora, Colorado, where he represents injured clients in personal injury cases. He joined the firm in September 2018 and has negotiated several six-figure settlements.

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Bennett moved to Colorado during his high school years. After law school, he worked for multiple Colorado-based healthcare organizations, most notably as an analyst and ambulatory physician trainer for Centura Health.

Bennett earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in May 2018, where he served as Managing Editor of the Denver Law Review. He worked as a summer law clerk for the Colorado Attorney General's Office and earned multiple merit-based scholarships and Scholastic Excellence Awards, including the highest overall grade in Health Law. He earned his B.A. in English Literature and Economics from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 2010.

Bennett is admitted to practice in Colorado and is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers

These results are credited to Frank Azar Car & Truck Accident Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$188 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury found that Walmart had denied nearly 188,000 Pennsylvania workers paid rest breaks and pay for off-the-clock hours, and the judgment entered on that verdict grew to roughly $188 million.

Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · 2006Class ActionsRead the full story →
$11.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #14

A Las Animas County jury awarded Rhett Ridolfi $11.5 million after finding helmet maker Riddell negligent for failing to warn players about concussion danger, assigning 27 percent of the fault, roughly $3.1 million, to the company.

Las Animas County District Court, Trinidad, Colorado · 2013Product LiabilityRead the full story →
~$2.27 millionVerdict

A 24-year-old rider with a shattered femur and nearly $940,000 in medical bills won a $2.5 million verdict from a Denver jury in November 2022, a sum the firm reports fell to about $2,272,500 after a 20 percent comparative-fault reduction and interest.

Denver, Colorado · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Denver Sturm College of Law
B.A. English Literature and Economics, 2018
University of Colorado, Boulder
Undergraduate, 2010

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado, admitted 2018
Colorado Bar Association
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Awards & recognition

Multiple merit-based scholarships (DU Law)
Scholastic Excellence Award (Highest overall grade in Health Law, DU Law)

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