About Matthew Mooney

Matthew A. Mooney is a trial lawyer at Michael Hill Trial Law focusing on nursing home neglect and abuse cases. Before attending law school, Mooney worked as a nurse's aide through college and law school, giving him direct experience with long-term care settings and the ways residents can be harmed. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 2015 and was admitted to the Ohio bar the same year. Mooney has secured multiple seven-figure settlements and participated as a trial lawyer in the $26 million Tate v. Signature HealthCARE verdict.

He has been selected as an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027, a designation reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys under 40. He has also attended the invitation-only Trial Lawyers University Skills Boot Camp. Mooney lives in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland with his wife, Samantha.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Michael Hill Trial Law

These results are credited to Michael Hill Trial Law. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$26 millionVerdictTop 20 in Ohio · #17

A Trumbull County jury awarded $26 million to the estate of Stephen Tate, a blind, brain-injured resident of Signature HealthCARE of Warren who aspirated while eating lunch unsupervised and died after staff waited about 42 minutes to call an ambulance. The award, reported as the largest nursing home verdict in Ohio history, was won by Michael A. Hill, then of Eadie Hill Trial Lawyers and now of Michael Hill Trial Law.

Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead 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 Akron School of Law
JD, 2015

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Ohio

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Cleveland firms

Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy
Confidential (aggregate >$300 million total litigation) · Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Confidential Settlements for 18 Families in $300 Million-Plus Litigation
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
$650 million · Lake and Trumbull Counties Win $650 Million Opioid Abatement Against CVS, Walgreens and Walmart
The Becker Law Firm
The Becker Law Firm
$60.7 Million Settlement for Child Left with Brain Injury After Touching Downed FirstEnergy Power Line
Friedman Domiano & Smith
Friedman Domiano & Smith
$3.5 Million Verdict for Chemical Plant Worker Burned by Formic Acid
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
The Law Offices of Tim Misny
Semi Jackknife on Black Ice Kills Ronald Alleman; Misny Wins Settlement Including Trucking Safety Changes

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