MATTHEW R. COSEO was born in Potsdam, New York on May 8, 1979. He was admitted to the New York bar in 2006. He attended Colgate University achieving an A.B. degree in 2001 and his J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 2005. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Saratoga County Bar Association, of which he is a member of the Executive Board and is the Chair and County Coordinator of the Saratoga County High School Mock Trial Program and the Co-Chair of the Young Lawyer's Committee.