CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified Truck Accident Litigation, National Board of Trial
Advocacy (2019)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Ohio State Courts (All)
Tennessee Supreme Court (2003)
Tennessee State Courts (All)
Federal District Courts
- Western District of Tennessee
- Eastern District of Tennessee
- Middle District of Tennessee
- Northern District of Ohio
- Eastern District of Texas
EMPLOYMENT
Managing Partner 2021-Present
The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
Managing Member 2016-2021
Wright Law, PLC
Attorney in private practice 2003-2016
(Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, and Truck Accident cases)
EDUCATION
GRADUATE 2011
Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers
JURIS DOCTOR (J.D.) 2002
Vanderbilt University Law School
BACHELOR’S DEGREE (B.A.) 1994
Vanderbilt University, College of Arts & Science
HONORS AND AWARDS
American Association for Justice, Trucking Litigation Group Roadway
Safety Award (2024)
American Association for Justice, Trucking Litigation Group
Chairwoman’s Award for Distinguished Service (2019, 2020)
Rated 10/10 “Superb” and Top Truck Accident attorneys by avvo.com
(2014 – Present)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2016–Present)
National Trial Lawyers, Top 10 Trucking Lawyers (2017–Present)
FEATURED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
"Less is More: Openings and Summation in the Age of Limited
Attention," American Association for Justice 2025 Annual Convention
(July 2025)
"Employment and Vicarious Liability", Florida Association for Justice,
2025 Winning Truck Crash Cases Seminar (April 2025)
Trucking Program Panel Speaker, TBI Med Legal Conference (April
2025)
"Understanding the Nuances of Trucking and TBI Cases," AAJ
Education Seminar: The Anatomy of a Trucking-Traumatic Brain
Injury Case: From Intake to Closing Argument (April 2025)
"Deposing Police Officers and First Responders," American Association
for Justice, Winter Convention (February 2025)
"Amazon Cases, Plus Finding All Coverage and Parties," Truck Crash
Master Class Three-Part Series, National Webinar (December 2024)
"Move Fast and Break Things: Middle Mile and Amazon Trailers, "
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, 2024 Annual Symposium
(September 2024)
"Digital Control and its Impact on Agency, " KAJ Annual Convention
(September 2024)
"Pitfalls to Avoid When Bringing Suit Against Amazon," American
Association for Justice, 2024 Annual Convention (July 2024)
"Framing and Sequencing the Broker Negligent Selection/Agency
Case: Recent Data from Juror Research," Academy of Truck Accident
Attorneys, Webinar Series (April 2024)
"Key Documents and Discovery in Work Zone Crash Cases, " Academy
of Truck Accident Attorneys, Advanced Program (March 2024)
"An Overview of Handling Amazon Cases, " Academy of Truck
Accident Attorneys, 2023 Annual Symposium (September 2023)
"Cell Phones and Apps in Trucks, App-Driven Trucking," Ohio
Association for Justice, 2023 Annual Convention (May 2023)
"Corporate Players and Hidden Layers, Amazon, Uber, Freight and
More", New Jersey Association for Justice, Boardwalk Seminar (April
2023)
“Understanding The Transportation Cycle – The Players, Causes of
Action, Black Letter Law” Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys,
NTLD Bootcamp (March 2023)
"The Trial Deposition - Get That Admission!" American Association
for Justice Trucking Litigation Group Members Only (January 2023)
“Potential Claims in Trucking Cases,” American Association for
Justice, Trial Advocacy College (November 2022)
“When $1 Million Isn’t Enough: Establishing Liability against
Amazon,” Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, 2022 Annual
Symposium (October 2022)
“The Changing Landscape of Trucking Cases,” Oklahoma Association
for Justice, Trucking Litigation Intensive, (September 2022)
“Choosing the Right Venue in a Trucking Case,” American Association
for Justice Jazz Fest (May 2022)
“Identifying Proper Parties and Hidden Parties,” New Jersey
Association for Justice, Boardwalk Seminar (April 2022)
“Amazon Cases: The New Frontier,” Minnesota Association of Justice,
Handling the Truck Crash Case Seminar (April 2022)
“Direct Liability: The New Defense MSJ,” Tennessee Trial Association,
Trucking Seminar (March 2022)
“Broker/Shipper Liability,” Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys,
Annual Symposium (September 2021)
“Motor Carrier Duties to Train Truck Drivers and Failure to
Supervise,” American Association for Justice, Trucking Litigation
Group (July 2021)
“The First 48: The Things You Must Do to Make Your Case,” Ohio
Association for Justice, Trucking Litigation Group (June 2021)
“The Hidden Motor Carrier Case,” Minnesota Association for Justice
(October 2020)
“Hidden Motor Carrier (Agency),” Academy of Truck Accident
Attorneys 2020 Symposium (September 2020)
“Choosing the Right Venue in a Trucking Case,” American Association
for Justice Jazz Fest (April 2020)
“Using Telematics to Prove Negligence,” American Association for
Justice, Trucking Litigation Webinar (2020)
“The Future of Litigation: Technology Systems and the Market –
Driven Standard,” American Association for Justice Trucking
Litigation Group Members Only, Chair, Moderator and Speaker
(December 2019)
“Deposing Responsible Third Parties,” American Association for
Justice, Specialized Depositions College – Trucking
Faculty and Presenter (October 2019)
“Construction Zone Crashes,” Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
2019 Symposium (September 2019)
“Proving System Failures – A Primer on Rules and Evidence,”
National Webinar (August 2019)
“Defendants Other than the Motor Carrier,” American Association for
Justice Annual Convention Trucking/Bus Litigation Group
(July 2019)
“Settling the Truck Case,” New Jersey Association for Justice
Boardwalk Seminar (May 2019)
“Traumatic Sleep Deprivation: Always Present, Always Ignored to
Prove Economic Disability for Life Care Plans,” 360 Advocacy
(April 2019)
“Arguing Driver Fatigue in Trucking and Auto Accidents,” Strafford
National Webinar (March 2019)
“Proving Sleep-Deficit Damages,” American Association for Justice
Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Members Only
(December 2018)
“Using Internal Policies to Prove Aggravated Damages,” American
Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group Members Only
(November 2018)
“Understanding HOS – ELD,” American Association for Justice
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys Symposium
(September 2018)
“Finding Additional Coverage Right Under Your Nose,”
New Jersey Association for Justice (May 2018)
“Tenacity Required – Get What You Need in Discovery in the Big Truck
Case,” Kentucky Justice Association (May 2018)
“Hidden Motor Carriers in the Supply Chair – The New Fraud,”
American Association for Justice, Winter Convention Specialized Track
on Transportation Safety (February 2018)
“Finding Additional Liability in Brokers and Shippers,” Trial Lawyer
Nation Podcast (2018)
https://triallawyernation.com/episode/07-matthew-wright/
“Hidden Motor Carriers: The New Public Sham,” Ohio Association
for Justice, Trucking Litigation Group (September 2017)
“Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment, Hiring, and
Retention,” Stafford National Webinar (August 2017)
“Suing the Insurance Company Directly – Yes You Can!” American
Association for Justice, Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
(November 2016)
“Case Themes and Demonstrative Evidence in Trucking Cases,”
American Association for Justice, Interstate Trucking Litigation
Group (2014)
PUBLICATIONS
Hidden Motor Carrier (Agency), Chapter in Litigating Truck Accident
Cases, 2020-2021 Edition by Michael Jay Leizerman & Rena
Leizerman, AAJ Press – Thomson Reuters (2021)
The ELD Mandate: An Imperfect Solution to Rampant Danger,
AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Journal (Winter/Spring 2018)
Hidden Motor Carriers in the Supply Chain – The New Fraud,
AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Journal (Winter/Spring 2018)
Left-Hand Turn Cases,
AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Journal (Fall 2014)
Defeating the Ostrich Defense in Premises Liability Cases,
Tennessee Trial Lawyer (2009)
Securities Action, Tennessee Trial Lawyer (2005)
Admissibility of Expert Testimony, National Business Institute (2004)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
- Board of Regents
- Co-Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee (2019-2020)
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
- Member (2005–Present)
- Member of Circle of Advocates
- Ethics Committee (2009–2010)
American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group
- Chair (2025 – 2026)
- Executive Officer (2020–Present)
- Chair-Elect (2024-2025)
- Vice Chair (2023-2024)
- Secretary (2022-2023)
- Treasurer (2021-2022)
- Education Chair (2019–2020)
- Membership Chair (2018–2019)
- Broker Committee (2018–Present)
- Journal Co-Chair (2014–2015), Chair (2017–2018)
- Member of Executive Board (2014–2015, 2017–2018)
- Trucking Litigation College Faculty Member (2018)
Tennessee Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Nashville Chapter
Christian Trial Lawyers Association
PERSONAL
Member of Brentwood Baptist Church
Married with four children
Hobbies: travel, art, museums, reading, and learnin
