Biography
Matthew joined Coleman & Horowitt, LLP in 2009. Prior to joining the firm, he was a principal of the Fresno firm Nutting & Jorgensen, LLP and was associated with the Fresno firm McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, LLP.
Matthew practices in the transactions department of our Sonora and Fresno, California offices. He provides representation to clients in all facets of real estate and development including financing, entitlements, sales, exchanges, development and eminent domain. He also represents clients in business transactions including business formation and dissolution, buy-sell agreements, employment agreements, secured and unsecured transactions as well as estate planning, wills and trusts. He is the chairman of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. He is actively involved in the community, having previously served on the board for Habitat for Humanity. Matthew works primarily out of the Firm’s Sonora office.
Practice Areas
- Agricultural Law
- Banking & Finance
- Business Transactions
- Environmental Law
- Estate Planning, Probate & Tax
- Real Estate
Education
- McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
- J.D. - 2000
- Honors: With Distinction
- Honors: Traynor Honor Society
- Major: Business & Tax Emphasis
- Law Review, California Initiative Review, Editor, 1999, 2000
- University of Denver
- Master of Science
- Honors: With High Honors
- Major: Real Estate
- Major: Construction Management
- Golden Gate University, San Francisco
- Major: Tax
- University of the Pacific
- B.S.
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: Senator, Student Government, 1995
- Honors: Student Representative for Professor Hiring & Recruiting, School of Business, 1994 - 1995
- Honors: Editing Committee for Publication Articles, School of Business, 1994 - 1995
- Major: Business Administration
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Tax Court
Professional Associations
- Fresno County Bar Association, Member
- California Bar Association, Member
- National Crowdfunding Association (Founding Member, Member of Board of Directors, Director of National Legal Affairs; Regulatory Committee Member, Member of Standards and Certifications Committee), 2011 to 2014
- Member, Member of Standards and Certifications Committee, 2011 to 2014
- Editor, California Initiative Review, 1999 to 2000
- Board Member, Habitat For Humanity, 2007 to 2009
- Board Ambassador, Fresno First Bank, 2006 to 2008
- VIP Mentor Program participant, 2004 to 2005
- California Bar Association
- Planning Commissioner, Tuolumne County, 2019 to Present
- Agricultural Commissioner, Tuolumne County, 2019 to Present
- Director, Real Estate Practice Group, 2017 to Present
Published Works
- Freedman, David, Matthew Nutting, Equity Crowdfunding for Investors: A Guide to Risks, Returns, Regulations, Funding Portals, Due Diligence, and Deal Terms, Wiley, June, 2015
- “Limited Liability Company Basics for Crowdfunding Investors”, December, 2015
- “SEC Equity Crowdfunding Rules for Issuers of Securities”, December, 2015
- “Title III Crowdfunding Deal Flow”, November, 2015
- “SEC Implements Title III Equity Crowdfunding”, October, 2015
- “The Pioneers of Title III Equity Crowdfunding”, October, 2015
- “Social Benefits Outweigh Financial Motives for Many Angel Investors”, August, 2015
- “3 Categories of Startup Growth Potential”, August, 2015
- “Wisdom of the New Crowd”, July, 2015
- “The Growth of Equity Crowdfunding”, The Value Examiner, July/August, 2015
- “Little Agencies with Big Problems: How the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 Introduced Impossible New Elements to CEQA that will Lead to Waves of Lawsuits Unless Realistic Guidelines are Employed; and, a Humble Proposal for a Qualitative Method of Determining Greenhouse Gases From Projects and New Civil Procedural Rules to Protect Those Decisions“
Pro-Bono Activities
- Habitat For Humanity, Board Member, 2007 to 2009
- Fresno First Bank, Board Ambassador, 2006 to 2008
- Tuolumne County, Planning Commissioner, 2019 to Present
- Tuolumne County, Agricultural Commissioner, 2019 to Present
- Real Estate Practice Group, Director, 2017 to Present
Past Positions
- Nutting & Jorgensen, LLP, Principal
- McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, LLP
Fraternities or Sororities
- Delta Sigma Pi
Honors
- University of the Pacific, Senator, Student Government
- University of the Pacific, Student Representative for Professor Hiring & Recruiting, School of Business
- University of the Pacific, Editing Committee for Publication Articles, School of Business
- McGeorge School of Law, Traynor Honor Society