Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.

Matthew Duncan

Matthew Duncan, an associate, received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School cum laude in 2003, where he won the Dolores Sloviter Award for best paper in the field of judicial administration. He received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Bucknell University, and worked for four years as a construction project superintendent in New York City. Prior to joining Fine, Kaplan and Black, Matt clerked for the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and was an associate at Dechert LLP.

Mr. Duncan supervised the merits discovery program and served as a member of the briefing and trial teams in In re Copper Antitrust Litigation, 436 F.3d 782 (7th Cir. 2006), which settled favorably on the eve of trial in 2007. He has been the principal author of successful briefs on class certification, the merits, and on appeal in antitrust and other complex matters. Mr. Duncan represents children and foster children in family court proceedings, has guest lectured at Drexel Law School, and is an elected member of the American Law Institute.

Practice Areas

Antitrust
Class Actions
Complex Litigation
Appellate

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2003.
Bucknell University, B.S. Civil Engineering, 1996; Civil Engineering Honor Society

Representative Cases

Standard Iron Works v. ArcelorMittal, et al., 639 F. Supp. 2d 877 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
In re Urethane [Polyether Polyols] Antitrust Litig., 251 F.R.D. 629 (D. Kan. 2008)
In re Copper Antitrust Litigation, 2007 WL 3355368 (W.D. Wisc. 2007)
In re OSB Antitrust Litig., 2007 WL 2253418 (E.D. Pa. 2007)
In re Frascella Enterprises, Inc., 349 B.R. 421 (Bkrtcy. E.D. Pa. 2006)
Amplifier Research Corp. v. EM Test AG, No 05-5954 (E.D. Pa. 2005)