Mr. Matheson is a former prosecutor who is dedicated to zealously advocate for his clients. He practices exclusively criminal defense, and limits his practice to only Wake County. Mr. Matheson has substantial criminal law experience, not only as a private defense attorney, but also his previous work with the Harnett County District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney, the A.C.L.U. Capital Punishment Project and the Durham County Public Defender's Office. Recently, Attorney Matheson was asked by the North Carolina Bar Association to serve as the Managing Editor of the N.C. Criminal Law Desk Book. Additionally, he wrote both the ‘Driving While Impaired Defense’ and the ‘First Offenders’ chapters of the book. This book is provided by the N.C.B.A. as a resource to attorneys looking to get into the Criminal Defense practice in North Carolina. Matheson has also recently been honored as a ‘Top 100 Trial Lawyers’ by The National Trial Lawyers organization as well as a ‘Top 10 Best in Client Satisfaction’ by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys. In his spare time, Matheson enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.
- North Carolina Central University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Cum Laude, Dean's List
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- Greensboro College
- B.A. | Business Administration & Economics
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- Honors: Dean's List
- Activities: Pride Leaders, Student Ambassador, Residence Adviser, Orientation Leader
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- Principal Attorney
- Matheson and Associates, PLLC
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- As we have grown, we changed our firm over to Matheson and Associates to better represent the breadth of our legal team.
- Principal Attorney
- Matheson Law Office
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- Represent clients facing North Carolina Misdemeanors and Felonies, including Traffic and Driving While Intoxicated.
- Assistant District Attorney - Volunteer
- Harnett County District Attorney's Office
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- Managed District and People's Court; including Calender, pleas, and trials.
- Extern
- ACLU - Capital Punishment Project
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- Provided case research and analysis in the area of Capital Punishment.
- Intern
- Durham County Public Defender's Office
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- Represented indigent clients in all facets of District Court.
- Regional Financial Information Analyst
- Sherwin Williams Company
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- North Carolina General Practitioner's Guide to Criminal Law
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Top 10 Best in Client Satisfaction
- National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Nationally Ranked Top 10 Under 40 Attorney Award
- National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers
- North Carolina St. Andrew's Society
- Member
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- Wake County Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Member
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- North Carolina State Bar
- Licensed Member
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- Wake County Bar Association
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- North Carolina
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- Federal Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Free Consultation
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Credit Cards Accepted
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Traffic Tickets
- Suspended License
- DUI & DWI
- English: Spoken, Written