Matthew Elwell
Partner | Amaro Law Firm
Matthew Elwell is a trucking accidents, car accidents and workplace accidents trial lawyer and partner at Amaro Law Firm in Houston, Texas. Admitted in Texas and New Mexico; J.D., South Texas College of Law Houston.
Meet Matthew
Matt Elwell is a partner at Amaro Law Firm in Houston, Texas, where he represents injured people and families in personal injury matters. His cases include motor vehicle and trucking accidents, work injuries, brain injuries, wrongful death and oil field injuries.
Elwell is licensed in Texas, including the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western federal districts, and in New Mexico. He was born in Longview, grew up in Greenville and has lived in Houston since 2009.
Before joining Amaro Law Firm, he spent more than two years as an attorney at a Houston criminal defense firm and worked earlier at a downtown civil firm handling personal injury, Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other civil litigation matters.
He graduated cum laude from Texas State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and business administration, then graduated from South Texas College of Law in the top quarter of his class. In law school he took part in the moot court and mock trial programs.
Elwell serves on the board of directors of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and chairs its golf committee. He has been named to Texas Rising Stars from 2018 to 2025 and to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Texas State University, B.A. in Political Science and Business Administration, cum laude
- South Texas College of Law, J.D.
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas (2012)
- Admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico (2025)
- Admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
Practice Areas
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; Golf Committee Chair)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- State Bar of Texas Litigation Section
- Houston Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (2027)
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (2023-2026)
- Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters (2018-2025)
- Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars (2022-2024)
- Top 40 Under 40, Civil Plaintiff, The National Trial Lawyers (2022)
- Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers (2021)
- Top Houston Personal Injury Attorney, Houstonia Magazine (2018-2020)
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