About Matthew
Matthew Nuzum is an Iowa-certified lawyer whose path to personal practice runs through company in-residence roles and work on open source policy. He graduated from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2021 after beginning the program in 2018. His coursework targeting enterprise and business regulation and legal proceedings, a combination that formed his submit-law program choices.
Before attending law program, Nuzum spent years in industry legal roles. His early work covered a role at Canonical Ltd in 2006, observed by work for John Deere in 2012. Those experiences exposed him to technology and corporate environments. In 2022 he served as Open Source Lawyer Program Manager at Google, a role that placed him on the intersection of software program licensing, company coverage, and collaborative improvement.
That mix of corporate and technological know-how experience informs how he approaches client things. He is licensed to practice in the State of Iowa and holds admissions in the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. He maintains membership within the State Bar of Iowa and maintains an active practice within the state’s business network.
Colleagues describe him as pragmatic within the manner he evaluates danger and drafts agreements. He frequently works on transactional matters that touch on licensing and governance. He additionally handles litigation-related tasks when disputes occur, drawing on his litigation research at law program. He favors clear contracts and cautious intake processes to lessen later friction.
Clients have access to a person who has seen corporate policy from both inside firms and in private practice. That perspective can matter on problems where technology and commerce collide. He has navigated licensing questions for collaborative software tasks and helped businesses structure business relationships.
Outside the office he participates within the State Bar of Iowa. He has stored ties to communities that focus on corporate law and technology policy. He continues to construct a tradition that displays his background in corporate settings and open supply worries.
Nuzum works from his Iowa office beneath the call Iowa Business Lawyer. He currently makes a speciality of business and commercial matters for clients within the state, including agreement drafting, licensing issues, and court admissions in federal districts in Iowa.
