A Broadly Experienced Trial Lawyer: Matt has represented individuals, small businesses, churches and schools at all levels in the Georgia Court System, from the City, Traffic, Magistrate and Juvenile courts, to conducting many jury trials representing both plaintiffs and defendants in the State and Superior courts, to raising important appellate issues before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. Matt has also tried cases in the United States District Court and the Federal Bankruptcy Courts.

“I have professional experience in all of Georgia’s Courts, and in our federal court system, so I understand the problems, issues and needs of the judiciary, which contributes to my qualifications for the most important Court in Georgia.”

A History Free from Bias: Matt Wilson has represented both plaintiffs and defendants, the insured and the accused, individuals and organizations, small businesses and large corporations, so he understands the importance of delivering “equal protection” to all who come before the Courts of Georgia seeking justice.

A Pro-rights Record: Matt Wilson has clearly demonstrated in his daily life and work and his public appellate record, that he supports and defends the civil rights, constitutional rights, and freedoms of all Americans. He has consistently supported various causes seeking to defend and uphold individual rights and liberties.

“There is much truth, wisdom and need for justice on all sides of the American political spectrum, on both the right and the left and in the middle. Americans all need to shout less and listen more. Georgia needs a Supreme Court Justice who will listen to them. I pledge to listen.”

A Fiscally Conservative Small Business Owner: Matt Wilson has owned and operated The Wilson Law Firm for 20 years. He has run his family’s real estate investment company for more than a dozen years. He has been responsible for meeting payroll, creating and living with a budget, and ensuring the success and viability of these businesses.

“When other people count on you for their jobs, responsibility means keeping your word as your bond, and honoring all of your financial obligations.”

A Proponent of Lower Taxes and Smaller Government: Government should be limited by the state and federal Constitutions, which should minimize the role of government in business and personal matters, thereby reducing the cost of government.

“An important duty of the Supreme Courts is to constrain the growth, scope, means, and methods of government. Far too often, in my opinion, our highest courts have failed that duty, being swayed by expediency and false claims of necessity, adopting compromises that cross the bright lines of the simple language of our Constitutions, thus permitting and encouraging inappropriate and unnecessary growth and expansion of government, frequently resulting in a loss of individual rights and liberties, and almost always at a cost to taxpayers.”

Well Educated & Broadly Experienced: BS Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1972; JD Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC, 1975.

A Sound Judicial Philosophy: Matt Wilson is a lawyer’s lawyer with the character and integrity to wisely decide difficult issues with impartiality, with the compassion and courage to right wrongs, and the vision to foresee consequences, coupled with the fortitude necessary to uphold rights and limit government, even when that may be politically unpopular.

“My pledge to the people of Georgia is to uphold and defend the Constitutions of this State and of our United States, to listen courteously to all parties and all arguments, to fairly and impartially decide cases presented on the basis of the evidence and our laws, while always protecting our civil and Constitutional rights, and to ensure that every Court in this state does the same, for all persons, rich or poor, without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity or station.

Understanding of Modern Business and Economics: Matt Wilson is a life-long student of business and economics, a voracious reader, who understands the modern world of business, “high finance,” and the importance of free markets; the laws, rules and practices underlying complex financial transactions; and who has witnessed his own client’s hardships in the current recession. As a young man, he held a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade, and he has followed financial markets and instruments ever since.

“Free markets need limited, but effective, regulations to ensure fairness, transparency and equality of access and information. This would have prevented many of the abuses that caused our present recession and which continue to threaten our current generations. We do not need additional layers of regulation, but effective enforcement of simple regulations.”

Personal Background: Matt Wilson has been married to Krystyna Wilson for 26 years. They have two children who are now at the University of Georgia at Athens–a son in law school and a daughter studying religion and journalism. Matt is an outdoors person, a hunter, a horseman and fox-hunter, and an avid conservationist. Matt is an adult leader with the Boy Scouts of America who was chosen to serve as Scoutmaster.

For more information please see The Wilson Law Firm, P.C.’s website at www.willaw.com, and the candidate’s website at www.WilsonForSupremeCourt.com, or please call to schedule an interview at 404-364-2240.