James Matthew Brigman (Matt)

• Currently representing an international airline in trade secrets litigation relating to the airline's in-house development of a widely used software application.
• Currently representing Progressive Casualty Insurance Company (and its affiliates) in nationwide class action litigation challenging Progressive's use of third-party software to value vehicles that were totaled as a result of an accident.
• Currently representing Equifax in multiple class action lawsuits alleging violation of the Federal Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
• Currently representing numerous data brokers in litigation arising under federal and state consumer protection laws, including the The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Daniel's Law (NJ), and the Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act (CO).
• Represented AmLaw 100 law firm in legal malpractice case brought by a private equity fund former client. Achieved favorable verdict after two week jury trial.
• Represented Lehigh Valley Health Network in class action litigation stemming from a 2023 ransomware attack.
• Represented ReproSource Fertility Solutions (a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics) in class action litigation stemming from a possible data breach. Successfully consolidated and resolved cases filed in state and federal courts in Massachusetts, Nevada, and California.
• Represented National Western Life Insurance Company in class action litigation stemming from a possible data breach. Successfully consolidated and resolved cases filed in state and federal courts in California and Missouri.
• Represented Equifax in nationwide class action litigation filed against Equifax by financial institution plaintiffs stemming from its 2017 data breach. Achieved dismissal of the majority of the financial institutions' claims and subsequently resolved the case on a classwide basis.
• Represented Progressive Casualty Insurance Company (and its affiliates) in class action litigation challenging its handling of salvage vehicles. Achieved victories on summary judgment in state and federal courts in Broward County, Florida.
• Represented Brookfield Properties in litigation over access and utility rights to the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian resort in Las Vegas.
• Represented Resia, a Miami-based multi-family developer, in litigation over development rights to a mixed used development in Atlanta. The case settled after King & Spalding defeated the defendant's motion for summary judgment.
• Represented an international airline in litigation against former vendor to recover costs incurred after vendor's software led to data security incident.

Matt Brigman is a business lawyer with experience litigating complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the country. Matt has particular experience defending companies against consumer class actions. This includes successfully defending multiple Fortune 500 companies against class actions alleging fraud, breach of contract, and violation of state and federal consumer protection laws. 

Matt has extensive expertise defending data breach class actions, having guided clients through the incident response process to defending ensuing class action lawsuits in some of the largest and most complex data breaches in the country’s history. 

In addition to his class action work, Matt maintains a robust, traditional business litigation practice. Matt has successfully litigated numerous high-stakes business disputes on both the plaintiff and defendant side, including trying multiple cases to verdict. These cases have involved disputes over prominent real estate developments, claims of stolen intellectual property, and alleged professional malpractice. Matt is a co-author of a treatise on Georgia business litigation, and is regularly consulted for advice on litigating business tort claims under Georgia law.

Before joining the firm, Matt was an associate with a boutique commercial litigation firm in Atlanta. Matt also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harold L. Murphy of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Matt is on the board of directors of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and Trees Atlanta, a local non-profit dedicated to preserving Atlanta’s urban forest.