Matt Schad

Matthew J. Schad is a trial lawyer at Schad Law in New Albany, Indiana, where he represents only injured people and their families across Southern Indiana and Kentucky. His work centers on serious injury and death claims, including trucking crashes, medical malpractice, toxic exposure, auto wrecks, premises liability, civil rights, product liability, construction accidents, highway design and insurance bad faith.

Schad grew up on a farm in Greenville, Indiana, studied ancient Greek and Latin at Indiana University and graduated cum laude from the Florida State University College of Law in 1994. He then served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Panama, where as a captain he became chief military prosecutor for U.S. Army South and received the Meritorious Service Medal. He later joined his father, Larry Schad, at the family firm.

According to the firm, Schad has been lead counsel in more than 50 jury trials, has argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals and is often brought in by other lawyers as trial counsel or consultant. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a past president of the Floyd County Bar Association and serves at large on the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Executive Committee.