Matthew J. Christian practices primarily in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on public construction, surety bond claims, complex mortgage foreclosures, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, insurance subrogation claims, and shareholder disputes. In litigation and arbitration, he has represented various private parties and public entities, both large and small.

Prior to and during law school, Mr. Christian enjoyed a successful career in the Las Vegas convention and incentive travel industry, serving as the international sales manager for the nation’s largest destination management company, as well as the special services manager for the largest Grand Canyon air tour provider. As a member of the International Special Events Society and the Destination Services Association, Mr. Christian maintains a close relationship with local businesses in the incentive travel industry and regularly provides them advice on contracting, dispute resolution, and employment issues.

Mr. Christian has served as a co-chair of the Young Professionals Section of the Fidelity and Surety Subcommittee of the ABA’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section. He publishes and speaks regularly on topics involving general contract law, public construction, suretyship, and civil procedure. In the fall of 2007, Mr. Christian began serving as an adjunct legal writing professor at his alma mater.

Mr. Christian received his Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of Illinois in 1992. He graduated magna cum laude from the Boyd School of Law in 2002.

Affiliations
Member, State Bar of Nevada
Admitted to Practice, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Member, ABA Fidelity and Surety Bond Section
Member, ABA Construction Law Section
Member, Defense Research Institute, Construction Law, Retail and Hospitality Sections

Awards • Honors • Recognitions
“Rising Star”, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010 and 2011
Paul Harris Fellow, International Rotary

Speeches • Presentations • Publications
Author, “Proliferation and Expansion of America’s Airports at the Expense of its Treasured Parks and Preserves: Judicial Perversion of the Term “Use” in Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, 3 Nev. L.J. 613 (2003)”
Author, “Public Entities in Nevada Beware: The Liquidated Damages Clause in Your Construction Contract May Be Unenforceable,” Nevada Lawyer, October 2004
Author, “Sibling Rivalry: How the Doctrine of Subsuretyship Places the Contractor License Bond Surety in the Position of “Little Sister,”” International Association of Defense Counsel Fidelity and Surety Committee Newsletter, October 2004
Author, “Use of Publicly Owned Land: Two Proposed Las Vegas Airports Might Test the Limits,” Desert Report, Journal the Sierra Club California/Nevada Desert Committee, Summer 2004
Author, “Fraudulent Joinder: A Plaintiff’s Newest Procedural Device to Destroy Diversity Jurisdiction,” Communique, Clark County Bar Association, February 2005
Author, “Surety May be Liable for Attorneys’ Fees Beyond the Penal Sum of Bond,” Construction Lawyer, Journal of the Forum on the Construction Industry, Summer 2004

Representative Matters
Mortgage Foreclosures
Appellate
Other Commercial Litigation