Matthew C. Baisley

Experience

• Represented a healthcare services company in a data privacy class action in which the plaintiffs claim personal health information of hundreds of thousands of individuals was exposed to unauthorized third parties.
• Represented a commercial real estate services company against plaintiff’s claims under the Colorado Security Act and Colorado Organized Crime Act, and claims for fraud, civil theft, civil conspiracy and professional negligence.
• Represented a Fortune 50 company in a class action age discrimination lawsuit and obtained summary judgment on a majority of plaintiffs' claims.
• Represented a growing technology startup in a breach of contract and antitrust action against a Fortune 500 company.
• Represented commercial banks and investment firms with respect to claims involving federal lending laws and regulations, including TILA, RESPA, FDCPA, FCRA and state consumer protection claims. Obtained numerous victories on motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment.
• Obtained dismissals in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of California and Southern District of Florida for lack of personal jurisdiction of a nationwide putative class action lawsuit against Mediant Communications Inc., which alleged claims stemming from an attack on several of Mediant’s business e-mail accounts. The decision confirmed that a data breach’s impact on a state’s residents, standing alone, cannot confer personal jurisdiction over an allegedly negligent data host, even where tens of thousands of such residents may have been impacted. Toretto v. Mediant Commc’ns, Inc., No. 19-CV-05208-EMC, 2020 WL 1288478, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 18, 2020).

Prior Experience

• Led multi-agency task force responsible for prosecuting white collar crime and public corruption. Acted as first chair for numerous jury trials and bench trials.
• Co-led criminal appellate unit, responsible for defending the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in criminal appeals.
• Successfully prosecuted several high-ranking government officials for theft and embezzlement including the former Commissioner of Police after a two-week jury trial, a senior Department of Corrections officer after a one-week bench trial, and several government financial officers and directors.

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association

Pro Bono

• Represented indigent prisoner in an appeal to the Tenth Circuit.
• Successfully obtained asylum for a juvenile Somali asylum seeker.