About Matthew
Matthew Underwood runs a small estate making plans practice within the Madison region. He builds simple explanations out of complex guidelines. Clients come to him for wills, trusts and realistic guidance rather than legal theory.
He completed his undergraduate studies on the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a B.S. in Economics in 2008. He stayed in Madison for law school and acquired his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2012. While nevertheless in law program he served as a judicial regulation clerk on the Dane County Circuit Court in 2011, a knowledge that exposed him to court procedure and nearby practice early in his professional life.
After law program he began practicing through Underwood Legal, LLC in 2012. In 2016 he spent time at Wilson Law Group, LLC operating as an estate planning lawyer. Two years later he returned to Underwood Legal and based himself there as proprietor and estate planning attorney in 2018. That sequence left him running his own practice, handling files personally and directing the office’s every day operations.
He keeps memberships in several expert groups. Since 2016 he has been a member of WealthCounsel, ElderCounsel and the Madison Estate Council. He also holds memberships in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and the Dane County Bar Association dating again to 2012. These affiliations mirror ongoing engagement with friends and get entry to to practice assets rather than ceremonial honors.
Day-to-day work covers property planning files and the matters that circulate from them. He drafts wills and trusts, prepares powers of attorney and advance directives, and assists families who are addressing transitions in care or management of belongings. He additionally handles estate administration things that arise after a loved one’s death and helps clients think about options for long-term care making plans.
Underwood works out of two Madison-area workplaces, serving neighborhoods at the east side round Monona and at the west aspect close to Middleton. He keeps the practice deliberately local, taking on cases throughout Wisconsin and acting the place necessary in nearby courts. He focuses his practice on property making plans, probate and senior law in Wisconsin.
