Richard H. Matthews
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Richard H. Matthews
Pender & Coward, P.C.Total Records: 1Biography
Rick Matthews is a firm shareholder focusing his practice in the areas of litigation, banking and financial institutions, business legal services, and labor and employment law.Rick serves as lead counsel in many of the firm's complex civil matters, both commercial and tort. He routinely advises financial institutions, businesses and governmental institutions on legal matters having potential litigation ramifications. He also supervises transactional work for such clients.
He served as Assistant City Attorney for Virginia Beach from 1978 to 1983 and served as Pender & Coward's CEO from 1999-2019.
Rick frequently lectures and judges competitions at Regent University School of Law.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES & TRANSACTIONSRepresented regional banks in a number of multi-million dollar cases involving participation agreements, lender liability defense and creditor's rights.
Represented multiple school boards and municipalities in million dollar tort and civil rights cases.
Represented ownership of golf course in multiple cases involving utilization of fly ash in construction of facility, involving hundreds of plaintiffs and millions of dollars in claims, contract disputes between participants and indemnity claims.
MEMBERSHIPSVirginia Beach Bar Association
Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
Chesapeake Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
James Kent Inn of Court, Past President
Hampton Roads University of Richmond Alumni Association, Past President
University of Richmond Law School Association, Past Director
Sigma Chi Lifetime Member
Pack 53 Chesapeake Boy Scout Association, Former Cub Master
Greenbrier Athletic Association, Former Vice President and Director
Greenbrier Panthers AAU/USSSA Baseball Program, Co-founder
HONORS & AWARDS
Coastal Virginia's Top Lawyers, Labor and Employment/Legacy, 2016-2021
Virginia's Legal Elite, Labor/Employment, 2016-2020
ARTICLES
Recent Developments in Virginia Sovereign Immunity Law - June 2012
PRACTICE AREAS
Banking & Financial Institutions
Corporate and Transactional
Labor and Employment
Litigation
Local Government
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, 1976
University of Richmond, 1974, magna cum laude, Phi Beta KappaADMISSIONS
Virginia Supreme Court, 1976
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1977
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1995
United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977
United States Supreme Court, 1980
Bar Admission
Virginia, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1977
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 1977
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1977
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Education
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University of Richmond, 1974 B.A.
Honors: magna cum laude
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University of Richmond, The T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1976 J.D.
Honors: Member, McNeil Law Society, Law Review: Law Review, Member