Matthew C. Burke

Matt is a trial lawyer and litigator at Young Moore. He helps a wide variety of clients including businesses of all sizes and individuals with litigation, pre-litigation, and risk management needs.

Matt’s major practice areas include commercial litigation, non-competition and related restrictive covenant disputes, insurance coverage and related litigation, and claims involving employment, construction, products liability, and premises liability. Matt is also a part of the firm’s team that services rural electric cooperatives in North Carolina. Matt is listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law (2024-2026), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2026), and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2026). He is also named in the 2025 North Carolina Rising Stars list published by Super Lawyers® and recognized among Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite™ in the Young Gun’s category (2024, 2025).

Matt graduated with high honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law and led the school’s Broun National Trial Team as its President. After law school, Matt clerked with the Honorable Cheri Beasley on the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He then served as a fellow in the North Carolina Solicitor General’s Office, where he represented North Carolina in significant civil and criminal appeals pending in the Fourth Circuit and North Carolina appellate courts.

Matt joined Young Moore in 2019. He was voted a shareholder in 2025.

Some of Matt’s notable victories include:

• Won defense verdict in a premises liability case against public venue involving traumatic brain injury
• Won defense verdict in case alleging breach of contract and unfair and deceptive trade practices against flight school
• Won directed verdict in a commercial defamation case in the transportation field
• Won summary judgment motion on punitive damages claim in a truck accident case
• Won motion to dismiss in products liability case involving medical device
• Won motion to dismiss in business dispute case alleging tortious interference with competitors’ contracts, defamation, and civil conspiracy
• Won motion to dismiss in claim against property insurer for breach of contract and bad faith
• Won dispositive motion in arbitration involving insurance coverage
• Won favorable recovery for homeowner from North Carolina Homeowners’ Recovery Fund based on dishonest conduct by home builder

Matt grew up in Wake Forest and calls the Triangle home along with his wife, dog, and two cats. When he is not working, Matt enjoys hiking and disc golf. Matt is also an Eagle Scout.