Matthew D. Mitchell is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Matt concentrates his practice in the areas of banking, corporate and securities, and real estate. Matt represents clients in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including entity formation and reorganization, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and commercial contract drafting and negotiation. In addition, Matt assists clients in acquiring, developing, and leasing real estate, and represents financial institutions in a variety of lending and regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Matt clerked for the Honorable Bobby E. Shepherd of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and worked in the Birmingham office of Balch & Bingham, LLP. Matt worked for the accounting firm RSM US LLP before attending law school.

• University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude 
  • Executive Editor, Law Review
  • Highest Score on Arkansas Bar Exam 

• Bowling Green State University, B.S.B.A, Accounting, cum laude 

• Appointed Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, 2022
• Law Clerk, Hon. Bobby E. Shepherd, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America as "One to Watch," 2021
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Real Estate Law
• Selected to the Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars List 
• Publication: The Status of the Spoliation Instruction in Arkansas AfterBunn Builders: A Framework for Analysis, 65 Ark. L. Rev. 663 (2013)
  

• Arkansas Bar Association Section on Corporate and In-House Counsel, Chair
• Circle of Life Hospice, Former Board Member
• Urban Land Institute Northwest Arkansas, Management Committee Member

• Arkansas
• Alabama
• Texas