Matthew L. Dameron

Direct: (816) 945-7135

Committed to the Craft

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Matt’s practice is centered in federal courts across the country. Some of his current and former representative matters include:

•    Co-lead counsel in several lawsuits across the country alleging broker-dealers mishandled investors’ cash sweep accounts.
•    Counsel for several Missouri political subdivisions related to the ongoing opioid litigation.
•    Counsel for several Missouri political subdivisions challenging insulin pricing.
•    Counsel for political subdivisions alleging nuisance based on the failure of Hyundai / KIA to install theft immobilizers.
•    Counsel for consumers challenging the sale of defective firearms.
•    Previously represented the State of Mississippi, the State of Arkansas, and the City of Los Angeles as outside counsel.
•    Previously represented home sellers in ongoing antitrust litigation. 
•    A securities matter on behalf of investors who held warrants in a global corporation.
•    Business disputes on behalf of private equity funds and other investors.
•    A class action on behalf of water customers in Platte County, Missouri.

Matt’s cases have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for public entities, consumers, and businesses.

In addition to his civil litigation work, Matt has also served as a prosecutor during his time at the Attorney General’s office and as a Special Prosecutor for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Jackson County. In his prosecutorial positions, Matt’s work has focused on white-collar crime consisting of mortgage fraud and other fraudulent transactions.

​Committed to the Profession

Federal courts in Missouri routinely call on Matt to assist them.

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In 2018, Matt was appointed by the Western District of Missouri to serve on the Merit Selection Panel to vet candidates for a vacant U.S. Magistrate Judge position. Matt was one of seven attorneys chosen to serve on the Panel.

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In 2019, the Court again asked Matt to serve on the Merit Selection Panel for a different vacant Magistrate position. In this latter appointment, the Court selected Matt to serve as Chair of the Panel.

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Previously Matt served on the Civil Practice Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and he previously served on the committee that was responsible for formulating the Court’s ESI Principles. Matt was appointed to serve on these committees by the judges of the Western District of Missouri.

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In 2025, the Supreme Court of Missouri appointed Matt to serve as a disciplinary hearing officer, a position charged with considering accusations of professional misconduct against Missouri attorneys.

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In addition to his service in court-appointed leadership roles, Matt also is active in the legal community in several respects. Matt has been affiliated with the governing boards for the following legal organizations:

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•    Legal Aid of Western Missouri (Past President; Past Treasurer; Executive Committee; Executive Director Search Committee);
•    Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors; AAJ State Delegate);
•    Federal Court Advocates Section for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Past President); and
•    Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL) (Past Co-Chair of the Attorney General Outreach Committee).

Committed to the Community

Matt’s community service is not limited to the legal profession. 

In the not-for-profit sector, Matt serves on the Executive Council for The American Legion Boys State of Missouri, and previously served as the Director of Missouri Boys State for five years. He has volunteered for Boys State for over twenty-five years.

Matt also serves on governmental boards and commissions by appointment:

•    In 2021, Missouri Governor Mike Parson appointed Matt to serve on the state’s Senate Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission. This group was tasked with attempting to draw Missouri Senate district maps using the 2020 census data.

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•    In October 2012, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon appointed Matt to serve on the Missouri Development Finance Board.  The Missouri Development Finance Board administers a range of financing programs for Missouri businesses, local governments and state agencies; issues taxable or tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds or notes; and provides market rate or low-interest loans and grants to political subdivisions to fund public infrastructure improvements. In June 2016, Matt was elected to serve on the Executive Committee for the Missouri Development Finance Board, and he currently serves as the Treasurer. Additionally, he is Chair of the Personnel Committee.

•    In early 2017, Mayor Sly James appointed Matt to serve on the City Plan Commission.  The eight-member Commission conducts public hearings on applications and plans that involve development or redevelopment of property in Kansas City, Missouri, including rezoning applications, development plan approval, approved development plan amendments, subdivision of land, street and alley vacations amendments, land use and street widening plan and other applications. Matt’s service on the City Plan Commission concluded in 2019.

•    Previously, in May 2013, Mayor Sly James appointed Matt to serve as co-chair of Kansas City’s Charter Review Committee.  The panel was comprised of 13 residents, and it reviewed the City Charter and recommended changes to the Mayor and City Council.

Additionally, Matt is active in local politics, frequently serving as a treasurer for campaign committees and in other roles. Matt previously served as Treasurer for Progress KC, which was instrumental in authorization campaigns related to Kansas City’s new airport, streetcar, and GO Bonds.

Honors and Awards

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In 2012, the University of Missouri School of Law named Matt its Distinguished Recent Graduate, and Missouri Lawyers Weekly identified him as an “Up and Coming Lawyer” in 2011.

In 2016, Ingram’s magazine named Matt one if its 40 Under Forty honorees.

In 2024, he received the Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award from the American Antitrust Institute Antitrust Enforcement Awards for his achievements in Burnett, et al. v. The National Association of Realtors, et al., for which Matt served as co-lead counsel.

Additionally, he is annually recognized as a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer, and Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal.