Matt Pearson

Associate General Counsel, Bank of America

Matt is Associate General Counsel at Bank of America, where he leads the company’s Global Banking, Global Markets, and Global Wealth Management litigation groups.

Previously, Matt managed the Bank team responsible for regulatory and government investigations concerning Consumer, Small Business, and Commercial Banking products and services.  In prior roles, he directed the Bank’s defense to consumer class action litigation and False Claims Act matters.

Matt joined Bank of America in 2013 from private practice in Charlotte, NC, where he defended consumer, business, and securities litigation.  Matt is a graduate of Amherst College and Washington & Lee School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Washington & Lee Law Review.