Matt Laydon

Matt is from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and grew up in the town of Iron Mountain. He was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school and a Michigan state champion tennis player and all-state wrestler. He earned his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University where he obtained a B.A. in Finance and graduated with highest honors. He then attended Indiana University's Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana, graduating in 2006 with Cum Laude distinction.

He is licensed to practice law in California, Arizona, Indiana and Michigan. Matt began his legal career in Indianapolis at Price Waicukauski Joven & Catlin, LLC, a nationally recognized firm that represents clients in complex plaintiff-side litigation matters. While there, Matt was instrumental in handling cases that included Medicare anti-kickback law, intra-corporate disputes and toxic tort litigation. Matt continued his education and earned his M.B.A. with highest honors from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, where he was awarded a Dean's fellowship.

Matt then joined the law practice of Gambs, Mucker & Bauman in Lafayette, Indiana, where he was in charge of the litigation department, representing plaintiffs in personal injury, commercial litigation, civil rights and probate disputes and successfully trying numerous cases, first chair, to the bench and a jury. In 2014, Matt moved to Southern California. Matt now works with Scottsdale Injury Lawyers, LLC and is of counsel. His current practice consists of handling civil rights cases involving law enforcement misconduct, prisoner cases, serious personal injury matters and consumer class actions.