About Matthew
Matthew Hawkins combined an early interest within the sciences with legal background. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Health & Nutrition from Texas Tech University before attending Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law for his J.D. That educational mix gives him a background in each empirical reasoning and legal analysis.
After law program he built a tradition centered in Texas courts. He is licensed as a Lawyer and Counselor at Law by the highest court of Texas and holds admissions to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the Northern District of Texas. He maintains recent club within the State Bar of Texas.
He is a partner at Shackelford Hawkins & Searcy. In that position he oversees client matters and participates in courtroom work. He works with colleagues to put together disputes for trial, addresses pretrial strategy and argues issues in court when needed.
Hawkins’s science undergraduate degree shapes how he strategies truth patterns and proof. He applies methodical evaluate to documents, early case evaluation and witness preparation. That strategy supports when cases switch on technical facts or require careful parsing of records.
His practice is anchored in Texas. Admission to multiple federal district courts lets in him to symbolize clients in both state and federal boards. He has labored on matters that proceed thru motion practice, settlement negotiations and litigation preparation.
He stays lively within the expert network thru his State Bar of Texas membership. That affiliation keeps him connected to ongoing legal training and the evolving rules of practice in the state.
Colleagues describe him as an attorney who attends closely to courtroom procedure and case control. Outside the court he spends time refining legal arguments and coordinating groups that handle complicated litigation tasks.
His current practice handles legal proceedings in Texas state and federal courts.
