Matthew J. Peed

PARTNER

Washington, DC
(202) 919-9484 (phone)
matt@clintonpeed.com

Matt Peed is a litigator whose practice focuses on criminal defense and civil-rights cases in both trial and appellate courts. He has handled dozens of criminal cases, covering a broad range of charges, and he has successfully represented unpopular clients against the government in high-profile cases. 

Matt previously practiced at Williams & Connolly, where his work included white-collar criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and patent, civil-rights, and First Amendment matters.

Representative Matters*:

• Appointed by federal court to represent Libyan national charged in connection with 2012 Benghazi attacks.

• Successfully defended Somali national in federal court against prosecution for piracy on the high seas. After a three-week jury trial, we won an acquittal on some charges and then convinced the government to dismiss the remaining charges.*

• Represented the families of teenagers, who were killed by members of the U.S. Army while on U.S. soil, in Federal Tort Claims Act suit against the United States.*

• Negotiated six-figure settlement for client illegally incarcerated for nearly two months.*

• Overturned a 22-year drug sentence; on remand, client received a sentence significantly below the guidelines.*

• Vacated a 20-year sentence through a federal collateral challenge; client was resentenced to 30 months.*

• Vacated a conviction for Leaving After Colliding in the first case challenging the meaning of the DC statute since a recent amendment.*

• Represents defendant convicted of serious felony in federal post-conviction challenge in federal court in Virginia.

• Obtained below-guidelines sentence on behalf of individual accused of multiple counts of computer crime.*

• Represented a major international law firm in connection with federal government investigations and multiple investor actions stemming from a $2.4 billion financial services fraud.**

• Represented a large pharmaceutical company in simultaneous multi-defendant, multi-jurisdictional litigation involving allegations of fraud in the setting of pricing benchmarks.**

*Some listed matters were handled while the firm was in a general partnership called Clinton Brook & Peed

**Matters handled before joining Clinton Brook