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Matt Jimenez

Associate

Chicago

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Matt is an Associate in Winston’s Chicago office whose practice focuses on assisting clients with a variety of litigation matters. He draws on his experience as a public defender and judicial clerk to provide clients with strategic, persuasive advocacy informed by firsthand courtroom experience.

Matt joined the firm after serving as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Franklin U. Valderrama of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He previously clerked for the Hon. Jeannice Williams Appenteng on the same court.

Matt served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, managing a predominantly misdemeanor caseload and representing indigent clients in a variety of criminal proceedings. His experience includes trying bench trials, advocating for clients at bond, plea, and sentencing hearings, and negotiating plea agreements with prosecutors.

Matt has also served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Todd E. Edelman of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Capabilities

Litigation/Trials

Credentials

Education

Matt earned his J.D., cum laude, from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2020. He received his M.A. in forensic psychology from New York University in 2014 and his B.A. in psychology from Georgetown University in 2011.

    Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • Illinois
    Clerkships
    • USDC- Northern District of IL for the Honorable Judge Franklin U. Valderrama
    • USDC- Northern District of IL for the Honorable Judge Jeannice Williams Appenteng
    • Superior Court of DC for the Honorable Judge Todd E. Edelman

    Capabilities

    Litigation/Trials
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