Mathilda is a multifaceted litigator who solves clients’ business disputes and personal challenges through creative solutions driven by each client’s particular priorities. She is equally comfortable as an advocate in the courtroom and the boardroom.
Mathilda’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, class actions, white-collar criminal and administrative investigations, trust and estate litigation, appellate litigation, and insurance coverage disputes. She has repeatedly obtained favorable pre-trial resolutions and won cases on motions to dismiss, at summary judgment, and following trial. Mathilda’s appellate experience uniquely positions her to help clients anticipate and navigate potential appellate issues as well.
In her Complex Commercial Litigation practice, Mathilda handles business disputes for companies and non-profits in the higher education, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, retail & consumer brands and real estate industries, among others. Mathilda’s expertise includes contract disputes, trade secrets cases, joint venture and partnership disputes, and business tort claims. In addition, Mathilda regularly and successfully defends against class action claims arising under state consumer protection laws, particularly those brought against landlords and property managers by residential tenants, and is one of a handful of class action defense lawyers in Massachusetts with in-depth knowledge of the Massachusetts security deposit and submetering laws.
Mathilda also routinely serves as a trusted advisor to high-net-worth individuals. As a member of the firm’s White-Collar Criminal Defense Group, Mathilda has expertise representing high-profile individuals in all manner of investigations, with a particular focus on fraud investigations and charges levied by the Department of Justice and private institutions. She also counsels private clients in various probate-related disputes including trustee removal actions, executor and administrator fiduciary duty claims, and a range of will and trust disputes.
Mathilda has a particular passion for legal issues facing the higher education industry. For clients in this sector, Mathilda draws on her broad experience as a lead team member in the defense of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions cases, an advisor to companies operating in the education space, and directly in the industry, including as a former legal intern at the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, an Education Pioneers Fellow, and an administrator at Columbia University. Mathilda has leveraged this experience to advise clients on compliance with federal education laws such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and aid clients in navigating Title IX investigations on campus, among other representations.
Mathilda also has an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on immigration and education equity issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Mathilda served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Cordy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and to the Honorable Douglas P. Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. During law school, Mathilda was editor-in-chief of the Boston College Law Review and a student attorney in the Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau.
Mathilda is a multifaceted litigator who solves clients’ business disputes and personal challenges through creative solutions driven by each client’s particular priorities. She is equally comfortable as an advocate in the courtroom and the boardroom.
Mathilda’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, class actions, white-collar criminal and administrative investigations, trust and estate litigation, appellate litigation, and insurance coverage disputes. She has repeatedly obtained favorable pre-trial resolutions and won cases on motions to dismiss, at summary judgment, and following trial. Mathilda’s appellate experience uniquely positions her to help clients anticipate and navigate potential appellate issues as well.
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Mathilda is a multifaceted litigator who solves clients’ business disputes and personal challenges through creative solutions driven by each client’s particular priorities. She is equally comfortable as an advocate in the courtroom and the boardroom.
Mathilda’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, class actions, white-collar criminal and administrative investigations, trust and estate litigation, appellate litigation, and insurance coverage disputes. She has repeatedly obtained favorable pre-trial resolutions and won cases on motions to dismiss, at summary judgment, and following trial. Mathilda’s appellate experience uniquely positions her to help clients anticipate and navigate potential appellate issues as well.
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Mathilda is a multifaceted litigator who solves clients’ business disputes and personal challenges through creative solutions driven by each client’s particular priorities. She is equally comfortable as an advocate in the courtroom and the boardroom.
Mathilda’s practice encompasses complex commercial litigation, class actions, white-collar criminal and administrative investigations, trust and estate litigation, appellate litigation, and insurance coverage disputes. She has repeatedly obtained favorable pre-trial resolutions and won cases on motions to dismiss, at summary judgment, and following trial. Mathilda’s appellate experience uniquely positions her to help clients anticipate and navigate potential appellate issues as well.
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Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.
