Matt Kahn

Matt Kahn is a personal injury lawyer at Butler Kahn who represents people and families affected by catastrophic injuries and wrongful death caused by negligence or wrongful conduct. His approach emphasizes early investigation, including visiting incident scenes, locating witnesses, preserving physical evidence, searching for video footage, and building cases for trial from the beginning. He handles serious injury matters involving vehicle crashes, unsafe conditions, and other high-damage negligence claims.

Kahn earned a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 2015 and a B.A. in Political Science from Georgia State University in 2012. At Emory, he served as Managing Editor of the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. He pursued practical training through judicial clerkships, insurance defense exposure, an externship in the complex litigation department of a Fortune 500 company, and work at Fried & Bonder that became his first post-law-school position.

Kahn began his career handling catastrophic personal injury cases, complex business cases, and appeals before deciding to focus his practice on injured people and families. He joined Butler Kahn in 2019. His reported results include major settlements in motorcycle, guardrail, pedestrian, truck, sexual assault, and wrongful death cases. His practice combines detailed factual investigation, trial preparation, negotiation, and appellate experience in cases involving severe injuries and substantial damages.

Matt Kahn is admitted in Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia, all three US District Courts in Georgia, and the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. His professional activities include the American Association for Justice and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He has served in community and bar-related roles and has handled reported appellate and federal cases involving insurance, premises claims, and attorney-fee issues.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Butler Kahn, PC
• Member, State Bar of Georgia
• Membership Oversight Committee, American Association for Justice
• Member, Trial Lawyers Care
• Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (2019-2020)
• Member, DeKalb Bar Association
• Annual Planning Task Force, Georgia Legal Food Frenzy
• Advisory Board Member, Parkinson’s Foundation Georgia

Licensed State

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Georgia State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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