Matt Boyer is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Atlanta office. Matt is a member of the firm’s Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith practice group, representing insurers in a variety of third-party and first-party coverage matters arising under commercial general liability, personal auto, business auto, umbrella, and errors and omissions, professional liability, and property and crime policies. From preparing coverage analysis and evaluation during claim investigations, to preparing reservation of rights and coverage position letters, to pursuing declaratory judgment and contribution actions, Matt works with his clients throughout the claim-handling process. Matt is also often called upon by his clients to provide analysis and guidance with respect to evaluation of time-limited demands and avoidance of bad faith. 

Matt is also an experienced trial attorney, defending insured, corporate, and governmental clients in litigation throughout the State of Georgia. In addition to pre-trial resolution of his cases on summary judgment and at mediation, Matt has tried multiple cases to verdict in all of Georgia’s federal districts, and has represented his clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.   

Matt is a Major in the JAG Corps of the United States Air Force as a reservist and has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General (SAAG) for the State of Georgia. As a SAAG, Matt has represented state government agencies, officials, and employees in constitutional litigation brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After graduation from law school at Tulane University, Matt spent two years clerking for The Honorable W. Brevard Hand (dec.), Senior District Judge for the United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama.