Matthew Pelkey Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, New York, United States

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Advocates For Business & Community

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Classes:Startup Law: From Idea to Exit (fall)Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the practice of law (spring)

New York, United States

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Founded a craft distillery in 2013 creating one of the most unique products on the market, helped grow it to regional distribution, exited in 2019.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Startup Grind is a global event series designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, each month we welcome amazing speakers; successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share their stories about what worked, what didn’t and the lessons learned along the way to building great.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Ex officio member of board of directors and executive committee member of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce. Also serve as Chair of the Emerging Business Leaders Council.

Erie County

Responsible for making recommendations to the ECIDA Board of Directors on how to form and operate a ten year, $7-10MM early stage venture fund focusing on local emerging companies and startups with high growth potential and positive economic impact on Erie County.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

One Region Forward is a broad-based, collaborative effort to promote more sustainable forms of development in the Buffalo Niagara region. The land use and development working team focuses on creating and executing a strategy that will promote smart growth land use.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

The Smart Growth Work Group is a core strategy of the WNY Regional Economic Development Council. The Work Group is focused on developing and implementing smart growth by creating infrastructure conducive to sustainable, healthy and attractive development and enhanced quality of life to grow opportunities and bring in new visitors, residents and business to.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

The ABA Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law is a quarterly publication targeted towards attorneys and other housing and community development professionals. It provides current practical information, public policy, and scholarly articles of professional and academic interests.As a student editor I coordinated with authors to review.

Clerked for presiding judge of the 8th judicial district commercial part. Researched various legal issues, drafted memorandum, aided with special term and drafting decisions.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Legal research; assisted with formation documents; assisted local non-profit with due diligence and analysis of finances, encumbered assets and liabilities for the purposes of drafting first phase of corporate work-out.

A publicly traded diversified energy holding company. Worked directly with attorneys to research legal issues such as corporate governance, securities, bankruptcy, commercial disputes, municipal law and administrative regulations pertaining to the oil, gas and energy industry as well as public utilities. Conducted research and drafted arguments for.

Worked as law clerk for staff counsel at Travelers Indemnity Corporation and it's property casaulty affiliates.

Erie County, New York

Worked in legislative district office on constituent matters and administration of public benefit funds. Researched and contributed to proposed solutions for 2005 Erie County budget crisis.

Executive Education, Accelerated Management Program

J.D., Finance Transactions

Activities and Societies: National Ethics Trial Competition semi-finalist; Founder and Chair of UB Corporate Law Society; Niagara.

B.A., Public Law

Activities and Societies: Student Government in various contexts, local and state political races.