About Matthew Joy

Matthew K. Joy is a Partner and Trial Attorney at The Dominguez Firm with over a decade of experience litigating personal injury cases. He has helped hundreds of accident victims in California recover millions in compensation and is known as a fierce advocate for road safety. He handles complex cases involving wrongful death, amputations, brain and spinal cord injuries, auto and truck collisions, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, premises liability, drowning, construction, and elevator accidents.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Dominguez Firm

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

$11.8 millionVerdict

The Dominguez Firm won $11.8 million for Oscar Esparza, a driver left with a traumatic brain injury when a Win Distribution truck rear-ended his stopped car near the I-15 interchange, a result that ranked among the top 20 personal injury verdicts in California that year.

Riverside County Superior Court · 2018Truck 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

Southwestern Law School
J.D.; B.A. (double major English and Spanish Language Literature)
Columbia University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California
State Bar of Texas
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2024-2026)
Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California Rising Stars (2016-2020)
Super Lawyers Up-and-Coming 100 Southern California Rising Stars (2018-2020)
Pasadena Magazine Top Attorney (2011, 2013-2015)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Los Angeles firms

Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP
$1.2 billion · $4.9 Billion Verdict Over Chevy Malibu Fuel Tank Fire
Taylor & Ring, LLP
Taylor & Ring, LLP
$47.41 million · Road Rage Chase That Killed Torrance Teen Ends in $61.7 Million Jury Verdict
McGee Lerer Ogrin
McGee Lerer Ogrin
$122.5 Million Settlement for 124 Survivors of Police Activities League Volunteer Eric Uller
West Coast Trial Lawyers
West Coast Trial Lawyers
$13.1 million · Federal Jury Awards $13.1 Million to Parents of Man Shot in the Back by Riverside County Deputy
Wilshire Law Firm
Wilshire Law Firm
$35.3 Million Verdict for 81-Year-Old Backseat Passenger Rear-Ended by Tractor-Trailer on the 10 Freeway

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