About Matthew Brandon
Matthew Brandon Trail is an attorney with roots in Tennessee and a law school training from the University of Tennessee. He earned a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 2001 after finishing a B.S. in Communication Journalism at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1995. Those years in Knoxville formed each his approach to advocacy and his curiosity in public service.
He started his submit-law school profession in the courts. In 2006 he served as a judicial clerk for the Rutherford County Circuit Court, the place he treated research and drafting for trial-level matters. The following yr he joined the Florida Equal Justice Center as a staff attorney. At the Equal Justice Center he labored on civil legal matters for clients who lacked representation, gaining hands-on experience in courtroom process and client intake.
Trail holds licenses to practice in Tennessee, Florida and Texas. That multi-jurisdictional status has knowledgeable a practice that moves between state systems and the practical issues that occur when legal issues cross state lines. His early work in legal help and court chambers gave him a solid grounding in civil process and the day-to-day realities of representing individuals and organizations in state courts.
Outside the office he has been active in nonprofit governance. Since 2009 he has served as Advisory Board Chair for Easter Seals Florida. In that position he has overseen advisory work aimed at improving offerings for humans with disabilities and helping the organization align assets with community needs. The advisory role has been an extended-operating a part of his professional life and displays ongoing ties to service work in Florida.
Trail now practices at Trail & Sommer Legal Services P.A. The firm represents clients throughout more than one state and handles matters that convey him again to the procedural and advocacy abilities he developed early in his career. He balances casework and advisory roles and attracts on knowledge from each the courtroom and nonprofit boards.
He stays certified in Tennessee, Florida and Texas and brings that multi-state perspective to his current caseload. His recent practice makes a speciality of offering legal services to clients in the states the place he is licensed to practice.
