Irish, Kathleen Elizabeth

W. Matthew Iler, Jr. is a seasoned civil and criminal litigator and appellate attorney. Having tried over one hundred civil and criminal cases and handled approximately forty appeals during fifteen years of practicing law, Attorney Iler possesses extensive experience that enables him to offer quality representation.

PRACTICE

Attorney Iler is an attorney at law who handles civil and criminal litigation and appellate matters.

Civil matters include:

• business disputes
• breach of contract lawsuits for businesses and individuals
• judgment enforcement proceedings
• real estate disputes
• construction disputes
• consumer protection lawsuits
• civil interlocutory and single justice appeals, Mass. G.L. c. 231, Section 118
• civil post judgment practice including new trial motions, motions to amend judgment, motions for relief from judgment and direct appeals.

Criminal matters include:

• operating under the influence (OUI/DWI) defense
• probation violation defense
• drug crime defense
• asset forfeiture claims and defenses
• interlocutory and single justice appeals
• post conviction litigation including new trial motions, motions to stay sentence, sentence appeals, motions to revise or revoke sentence, and direct appeals.

EXPERIENCE

During 2008 Attorney Iler worked at the Boston civil litigation firm of Cellai Law Offices, P.C., where he tried several cases, handled numerous depositions, and briefed and argued a variety of motions and appellate matters. Mr. Iler received recognition in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for winning a verdict in favor of his client on a fraudulent conveyance case, requiring the reconveyance of real estate back to the debtor defendant. Cash One Finance, Inc. v. Santiago, et al., Mass. Lawyers Weekly No. 16-024-08 (Malden, Mass. Dist. Ct. No. 06 CV 1617, 7/15/08).

From January 2005 to September 2007, Attorney Iler was an associate at the New York civil litigation firm of Israel, Israel & Purdy, LLP, where he tried numerous healthcare reimbursement cases in the New York City civil courts, and briefed and argued dozens of summary judgment and discovery motions. Attorney Iler won over 90 percent of his trials, and was lead counsel on the following reported cases: Omega Diagnostic Imaging, P.C. v. Illinois Nat'l Ins. Co., 2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 27305 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 7/27/07); Omega Diagnostic Imaging, P.C. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2007 WL 2088863, 2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 51045(U) (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 7/20/07); Omega Diagnostic Imaging, P.C. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 8 Misc.3d 715, 799 N.Y.S.2d 394 (NYC Civ. Ct., Kings Cty. 2005).

From 2002 to 2004, Attorney Iler operated his own practice in civil and criminal litigation. Mr. Iler obtained a notable victory on a breach of contract litigation for a Boston real estate company. Through obtaining the interstate transfer of Massachusetts judgments and exercising post-judgment motion practice in Superior Court, Attorney Iler secured judgments of personal liability of corporate officers and forced a substantial settlement, and recovery, for the client.
On the criminal side, Attorney Iler obtained reversal of a client's conviction for shooting a man in a business dispute, which resulted in the prosecution accepting a plea on retrial to the time already served, enabling the client to walk out of court a free man on that case (Commonwealth v. Moquin, No. WOCR 2001-0189 (Mass. Sup. Ct. 3/16/04). Attorney Iler won certification onto the post conviction litigation panels of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“CJA panel”) and the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Attorney Iler served as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, from 1994 to 2002. There, he handled numerous appeals before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court, tried numerous cases, and was Chief of the Asset Forfeiture Unit. Gaining a reputation for careful preparation, Attorney Iler tried several financial crimes cases, involving bank fraud, credit card fraud, lottery fraud, and corporate theft. Attorney Iler's advocacy was underscored with reported decisions in: Commonwealth v. Shea, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 196, 704 N.E.2d 518 (1999) (assault with intent to murder and armed robbery); Commonwealth v. Leonard, 422 Mass. 504, 663 N.E.2d 828, cert. denied, 519 U.S. 877 (1996) (operating under the influence); Commonwealth v. Viera, 41 Mass. App. Ct. 206, 669 N.E.2d 209 (1996) (narcotics distribution); Commonwealth v. Morgan, 422 Mass. 373, 663 N.E.2d 247 (1996) (first degree murder); Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 421 Mass. 272, 656 N.E.2d 1237 (1995) (marijuana distribution); and Commonwealth v. Mayne, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 282, 647 N.E.2d 89 (1995) (second degree murder).

Attorney Iler lectured on asset forfeiture law to prosecutors and the Massachusetts Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

In 1993 and 1994 Attorney Iler clerked for United States Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where he worked on civil litigation matters.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Iler worked as a paralegal at the international law firm of Anderson, Mori & Rabinowitz in Tokyo, Japan.