Matthew H. Kirtland

Matthew H. Kirtland leads the Litigation & Disputes group in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Washington, DC office and serves as Co Partner-in-Charge. His practice focuses on dispute resolution, international arbitration, cross-border and transnational litigation, complex commercial disputes, business torts, and white-collar defense. He represents corporate and individual clients across industries including finance, energy, healthcare, insurance, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, media, and infrastructure.

Kirtland earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1997 and a B.A. in History and Communications from Macalester College in 1994. His education supports a practice requiring sophisticated written advocacy, procedural strategy, international-law analysis, and the management of complex evidentiary records. He is licensed in Maryland and the District of Columbia and is admitted before federal district and appellate courts.

Kirtland regularly serves as lead counsel in international and domestic arbitration and in federal and state courts at trial and appellate levels. His arbitration experience includes proceedings before the LCIA, ICDR, ICC, PCA, AAA, and ICSID, as well as UNCITRAL and other rules. He also handles enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, disputes involving sovereigns, RICO matters, False Claims Act litigation, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, and defense-contracting investigations.

Matthew H. Kirtland has been recognized by Chambers, Lawdragon, The Legal 500, Super Lawyers, and other publications for international arbitration and disputes work. His representative matters have involved high-value cross-border disputes, sovereign enforcement proceedings, commercial conflicts, and government investigations. He brings clients a litigation practice that combines international arbitration experience, courtroom advocacy, regulatory knowledge, and strategic management of disputes spanning multiple jurisdictions and legal systems.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
• Arbitration Committee and Advisory Committee, American Bar Association
• Arbitration Committee and North American Regional Forum, International Bar Association
• Executive Board, Washington, D.C. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Annual Ball
• Member, North American User’s Council
• Arbitration Committee, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)
• Member, Young Arbitrators Forum
• Joint Task Force on Arbitration and Criminal Law, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Licensed State

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• Duke University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Macalester College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Communications

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