Matthew Cartwright is a partner at Lowey Dannenberg. He is a member of the Healthcare practice group.

Mr. Cartwright began his career in the litigation department at a major Philadelphia law firm, he became one of Pennsylvania’s leading trial lawyers for 25 years. His courtroom experience resulted in 23 reported cases, including Lawrence Ins. Group v. KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP., a complex commercial case refining the New York standard for spoliation of evidence, and Wilprint v. Wachovia Bank, NA., a bet-the-company lender liability trial resulting in a record jury verdict in Pennsylvania.

From 2013 to 2025, he served as a U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania’s 8th and 17th Districts, introducing more bipartisan bills than any other House Democrat during that time. As chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee, he authored 16 bills signed into law by three presidents, including the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which benefits U.S. Marines and their families poisoned by well water at that military base. He has also served as Business Torts Practice Section Chair and as a member of the Board of Governors, of the American Association for Justice, the leading organization to promote civil justice in the United States. Additionally, Matt co-authored West Publishing’s legal treatise Litigating Commercial and Business Tort Cases.