Matthew Williams

Matt PhotoMatt joined Hodsdon & Ayer, LLC as an associate in 2009. He grew up in Kennebunk and currently lives in town with his wife, Christine, and two children, Luke and Stella. Matt is a general practitioner who has worked on a wide variety of legal matters, including real estate matters, family law, business law, criminal law, and civil litigation. His involvement with both the transactional and litigation related sides of the law gives him a breadth of practical knowledge that leads to a better understanding of legal problems from different perspectives.

His litigation experience ranges from the successful defense of a national lender against claims brought under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act in federal court, to bringing Forcible Entry and Detainer actions on behalf of landlords in local district court. His transactional experience ranges from drafting wills to forming LLCs. A former mortgage loan originator and current title agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company and First American Title Insurance Company, Matt has participated in numerous residential loan closings as both an attorney and a bank representative.

Education:

JD, University of Maine School of Law, magna cum laude (2009); Editor, Maine Law Review
BA, The Colorado College (1999)

Bar Admissions:

State of Maine
U.S. District Court, District of Maine
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts


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