Matthew Trotter

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Matthew Trotter is an associate of Skikos, Crawford, Skikos & Joseph LLP. He has over four years of experience in complex litigation, with a focus on pharmaceutical and wildfire matters related to catastrophic injury and damages. Matthew joined the firm as an intern in 2021 and has since worked extensively on coordinated proceedings involving large-scale personal injury and property damage claims.

Matthew graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2022, where he was a Writing Advisor, a recipient of the Emmett Institute Family Scholarship in Environmental Law, and a recipient of the Masin Family Academic Gold Award. Matthew received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2018.

Mattthew’s experience includes the following litigations:

  • Maui Fire Cases, No. 2CSP-23-0000057
  • In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • California North Bay Fire Cases, JCCP No. 4955
  • Fosamax/Alendronate Sodium Drug Cases, JCCP No. 4644
  • Fosamax Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2243

State Bar of California

University of California, Los Angeles (J.D. 2022)

  • Writing Advisor; Moot Court Participant
  • Honors:
    • Recipient of Emmett Family Scholarship in Environmental Law
    • Masin Family Academic Gold Award

University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A. 2018)

  • Honors:
    • Magna Cum Laude
    • Dean’s Honor List 2014 – 2018
    • Highest Honors in Literature

Matthew Trotter & Kimberly Bick, Circuits Are Split on CWA’s ‘Water to Water’ Regulation, 2018 Law 360, Sept. 28,2018.