Matthew Arnold
Managing Member | Arnold & Smith, PLLC
Matthew Arnold is a family law, personal injury and car accidents trial lawyer and managing member at Arnold & Smith, PLLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law (2003).
Meet Matthew
Matt Arnold is managing member of Arnold & Smith, PLLC in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a North Carolina board-certified family law specialist. Alongside divorce, custody, support and property division matters, he handles personal injury and car accident cases arising from auto wrecks, motorcycle crashes and slip-and-fall incidents, as well as business disputes.
A Charlotte native, Arnold played four years of varsity basketball on scholarship at Belmont Abbey College, graduating cum laude in 2000 with a psychology degree. He attended the University of North Carolina School of Law on a full academic scholarship, earning his J.D. in 2003, and tried his first case as a supervised third-year student through the school’s civil legal assistance clinic. He began his career in insurance defense and later handled mortgage fraud and business litigation, experience the firm says informs how he evaluates injury claims.
He is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and belongs to North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the Justice William Bobbitt Inn of Court.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- North Carolina Board Certified Family Law Specialist
- J.D., University of North Carolina, 2003
- B.A., Psychology, Belmont Abbey College, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Practice Areas
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Family Law Section)
- North Carolina Bar Association (Family Law Section)
- American Bar Association (Family Law Section)
- The Justice William Bobbitt Inn of Court
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Belmont Abbey College Alumni Board of Directors
- Business North Carolina Legal Elite, 2024
- Super Lawyers North Carolina Rising Stars
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
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