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Matthew Ciulla focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial litigation in courts nationwide. A former federal circuit clerk, Matt briefs and litigates key issues from case inception to judgment, with a constant focus on strategies for evidentiary presentations, trial tactics, and preserving the appellate record. Matt has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for his work in Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Class Action Defense, and Transportation Law. He has been recognized in Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, and he was selected as a 2023 “Up and Coming Lawyer” by the Indianapolis Business Journal and the Indiana Lawyer. In 2024, he was recognized as a finalist in Indianapolis’s Best and Brightest. Matt has served as defense and appellate counsel to several Fortune 100 companies. A versatile litigator, he also prosecutes affirmative claims on behalf of major corporations in matters involving transportation law, real property rights, contract disputes, intellectual property theft, insurance coverage, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition. Matt was recognized by the National Law Journal for a 2019 Top 100 Verdict after a federal jury trial in the District of Delaware. Matt has extensive experience in designing, supervising, and defending complex electronic discovery protocols. This includes matters such as the forensically-sound extraction of structured and legacy data and implementing the latest Technology Assisted Review systems.Matt served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Charles R. Wilson of the Eleventh Circuit. Before joining MacGill PC, Matt worked as a litigation associate at an AmLaw 100 law firm. Matt has been published in the Notre Dame Law Review; the DePaul Law Review; the Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Law; and the Notre Dame Law Review Online.Matt graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where he was Managing Senior Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review and Founding Tournament Director of the ND National Appellate Advocacy Tournament for Religious Freedom. He received his B.S. from Vanderbilt University. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional in both the U.S. private sector (CIPP/US) and the U.S. government (CIPP/G). A long-time Eagle Scout, Matt remains active in his community. He serves both as a volunteer clinic worker and as the Secretary of the Board of Trinity Free Clinic, Inc., which provides free health care to uninsured residents of Hamilton County.