Biography
Matt is the owner of Pfeiffer Law Offices, P.C., in Wheaton, Illinois, a small firm focusing on civil litigation and appeals in state and federal courts, business counseling, employment matters, estate planning, and commercial real estate.
ISBA activities: Member since 1997; Board of Governors (2021-present); Assembly (2010-13, 2016-present); Appointee, Steering Committee on Racial Inequality (2020-present); Chair, Special Committee on Succession & Transition Planning (2022-present); Co-chair, ISBA Business Institute (2021-22); Chair, Special Committee on Assembly Governance (2019-20); Vice Chair, Special Committee on Succession & Transition Planning (2017-20); Chair, Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council (2017-18); Member, Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council (2002-13, 2015-present); Member, Labor and Employment Section Council (2018-present); Member, Federal Civil Practice Section Council (2015-18); Member, Commercial, Banking & Bankruptcy Law Section Council (2013-16); Member, Corporation, Securities & Business Law Section Council (2011-12); multiple-time attendee (invitation-only) of Allerton Conference; frequent speaker, moderator, newsletter author for ISBA throughout my 26-year membership; Silver Fellow/Champion, Illinois Bar Foundation (2010-present).
Other Leadership Positions and Activities: President, DuPage County Bar Association (2018-19); Chair, Board of Visitors, NIU College of Law (2018-20); Director, DuPage Bar Foundation (2018-19); Delegate of DuPage County Bar Association, American Bar Association House of Delegates (2017-18, 2021-present); Director, Loaves and Fishes Community Services (2011-17); Founder, Legal Solutions (Loaves and Fishes Community Services program providing bi-weekly/monthly free legal assistance to indigent individuals and families within DuPage County on various civil and criminal issues) (2015-18); President, Alumni Council, NIU College of Law (2010-12).
Awards and Recognition: ISBA Presidential Commendation (2022); NIU College of Law Outstanding Service Award (2022); ISBA Board of Governors Award (2020); DCBA Board of Directors Award (2009); Thompson Reuters Super Lawyer (2016-present); AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (2011-present).
Education: B.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette IN (1997); J.D., Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, IL (2000); Admitted 2000.
Issue Statement
I will continue to work on initiatives to protect Illinois lawyers from outside forces affecting and trying to affect our profession and livelihood; to promote the value, legacy, and sanctity of the profession; to provide more business development and office management resources as I did in my work on the ISBA Business Institute and the Special Committee on Succession & Transition Planning; and to work with the ISBA Board of Governors and the ISBA Assembly to focus on membership and leadership recruitment pipelines to ensure stability and continued ISBA success.