Matthew T. Fricker

Biography

Matthew T. Fricker is a senior litigating attorney in our Hartford, Wisconsin office. Matt has three decades of experience representing insurance carriers in claims involving personal injury, products liability, MVAs, premises liability, medical malpractice, property damage, construction defects, workers’ compensation defense, insurance coverage, and subrogation. Matt has tried numerous cases to jury verdict in state and federal courts in Wisconsin and has argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Matt received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1991. Prior to joining MWL, Matt was a shareholder at Crivello Carlson, S.C., in Milwaukee, Wisconsin defending insurers in catastrophic and moderate loss injury cases and toxic tort actions, as well as professional liability claims and coverage disputes. Prior to that, Matt served as senior trial attorney with Allstate, defending Allstate’s insureds in personal injury actions. In 2018, while with Allstate, Matt tried 11 cases to jury verdict, the highest number of civil jury trials of any Wisconsin attorney that year. In 2019, he tried three cases to jury verdict and obtained verdicts in 11 of the 14 trials that were lower than the plaintiffs’ final pretrial demands. Matt has also served as Senior Litigation Counsel for CNA Insurance Companies where he defended cases arising from general negligence, construction site negligence, premises liability, MVAs, and defective products. He worked directly with claims professionals to evaluate cases upon filing and to develop defense strategies. He also served as Staff Attorney for Zurich North American Insurance Company, where he defended workers’ compensation claims and liability claims arising out of MVAs, conditions of premises, truck explosions, defective industrial equipment, and construction defects.