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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Banks Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Public Health Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Education

  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004-2007
  • BA, Government, Colby College, 2000-2004

Professional Experience

  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004-2007
  • BA, Government, Colby College, 2000-2004
  • Associate, Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership, 2007-present

Political Experience

  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004-2007
  • BA, Government, Colby College, 2000-2004
  • Associate, Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership, 2007-present
  • Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2017-present
  • Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 1, 2011-present
  • Former Member, Hartford City Council
  • Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 1, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Banks Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut General Assembly

Former Member, Planning and Development Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Public Health Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Management

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, 2004-2007
  • BA, Government, Colby College, 2000-2004
  • Associate, Shipman & Goodwin Limited Liability Partnership, 2007-present
  • Majority Leader, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2017-present
  • Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 1, 2011-present
  • Former Member, Hartford City Council
  • Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 1, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Associate Editor, Connecticut Law Review
  • Former Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Hartford City Council
  • Former Chair, Planning and Economic Development Committee, Hartford City Council

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Children's Champion, Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance, 2011,
  • Hartford Business Journal's 40 Under Forty, 2014.
  • In 2015 Matt was named a "Community Champion" by the Connecticut Community Providers Association

  • Dog: Dublin

Speeches