Matt Wagman concentrates his practice on the litigation of personal injury, property damage and commercial business disputes. Since joining Miles & Stockbridge in 2000, Matt has acted as both National Coordinating Counsel and Regional Counsel for numerous manufacturing clients litigating and managing cases related to mass and toxic tort matters arising out of exposures to such substances as asbestos, silica, vinyl chloride, wood dust, metal dust, benzene, hazardous chemicals and other allegedly toxic substances covered by OSHA and EPA regulations. While much of his practice has focused on the litigation of mass/toxic tort matters, products liability, and premises liability, Matt also regularly represents financial institutions in all levels of consumer credit card disputes ranging from state and federal lawsuits, class action litigation, and alternative dispute resolution.
Additionally, for the last several years, Matt has also developed an international manufacturer/ supplier cost recovery practice aimed at the recovery of costs incurred by clients as a result of defects in component parts, materials, or even complete products the client purchased from separate suppliers, which are often valued business partners of the client. Matt works with these clients to enforce their indemnity rights, while at the same time minimizing the impact on the more important overall business relationship. Finally, Matt also represents clients in insurance coverage litigation - representing policyholders (including a number of large publicly traded and privately held companies) in insurance coverage and/or insurance-related disputes arising out of a variety of insurance policies.
Matt has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Credentials
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Baltimore City Bar Association
Community Law in Action: Mentor
Defense Research Institute: Membership Chair, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law 2007-present); Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee, Publications Chair 2003-2004; Product Liability committee, and Torts and Insurance Coverage Litigation committee
Harbor Hospital Foundation: Chairman, Associate Board of Directors (2008)
Lexis-Nexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent Rated
Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc.: Editor, The Defense Line
Maryland State Bar Association
Maryland Super Lawyers® - Rising Stars Edition: Selected for inclusion in the area of Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation, General Litigation (2010-2012)
Publications
"To Move Or Not To Move: Compel Vs. Protective Order," Law360 (Co-Author) (November 17, 2011).
"Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition," Law360 (Co-Author) (October 21, 2010).
"Risky Business: Pursuing Indemnity Rights," Law360 (Co-Author) (September 10, 2009).
"A Line in the Dust: Courts Refuse to Extend a Manufacturer's Duty to Warn," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Newsletter (Volume 7, Number 3) (Co-Author) (Summer 2009).
"When Nobody Knows What the Company Knows," For The Defense (November 2008).
"High Crimes or Misdemeanors: Avoiding Legal Brawls From Bar Room Brawls," The Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc. (Winter 2005).
"Innocence Lost in the Wake of Green: The Trend is Clear -- If You Are Old Enough to Do the Crime, You Are Old Enough to Do the Time," The Catholic University of America, Catholic University Law Review (Winter 2000).