Matthew L. Kinley

Matthew L. Kinley
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EDUCATION

  • Long Beach City College, Long Beach California (AA, 1982)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1985)
  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1989)

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • California State Bar, 1989
  • United States District Court, 1989
  • United States Court of Appeals, 1989


SUMMARY

Matt Kinley is a partner of Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP. He joined the firm in 1989.

Mr. Kinley devotes his practice to advocacy for representation of injured individuals and their families. He has been particularly successful in wrongful death matters, as well as catastrophic injury cases, including paralysis, brain and nerve injury, broken bones as well as other injuries. Mr. Kinley is extremely effective before a jury, and has a unique ability to invoke sincere empathy from jurors to achieve justice on behalf of victims and their families. Mr. Kinley’s decades of experience, innumerable trials, talent, and commanding presence in the courtroom have well-served TLD clients in obtaining extraordinary results.

You can contact Mr. Kinley about your personal injury matter by emailing him at mkinley@tldlaw.com or telephoning him at (562) 901-3050.

With almost two decades of litigation experience in state and federal courts on behalf of individuals and entrepreneurial businesses, Mr. Kinley has developed a successful track record in personal injury, as well as, real estate, business and corporate disputes. He also has substantial experience in arbitrations and alternative dispute resolution. He has represented contractors and real estate companies in several different aspects of real estate law including real estate contract disputes, construction disputes, leasing issues, fiduciary law suits and other areas. He has represented businesses and individuals in small and large matters, including breach of contract, unfair competition, trade secrets and other business torts. Mr. Kinley has attended theUniversity of Southern California’s Institute for Corporate Counsel and Institute for Real Estate Law.

In 2005, the California Chamber of Commerce recognized Mr. Kinley with its Small Business Advocate of the Year Award. The award was given in recognition of Mr. Kinley’s continued advocacy for small businesses within the state.

A native of Long Beach, Mr. Kinley is a member of the Los Angeles Bar Association and the Long Beach Bar Association. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He served as the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and its Leadership Council, and is past president of the local Rotary Club. He has served in leadership positions for the Long Beach Commercial Real Estate Council, the Long Beach Muscular Dystrophy Association, the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, the Rancho Los Amigos Foundation Board of Directors, Seafest Board of Governors and many other charitable and community organizations.

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