Matthew Hinks is a partner in JMBM's litigation department. Matt's wide-ranging practice focuses primarily on representation of property owners and real estate developers in difficult land use and property rights cases, including eminent domain and regulatory takings cases, CEQA challenges, planning and zoning issues, sign and billboard cases, civil rights abuses, title and lease disputes and redevelopment and density bonus law. He is a contributing author to the California Land Use Blog. Matt also has considerable experience litigating Constitutional claims, including claims arising under the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause or involving substantive and procedural due process principles, as well as class action defense, trademark and copyright disputes, and contract, antitrust and trade secret cases. Matt has extensive experience in both federal and state courts, including trial courts and courts of appeal, arbitrations, mediations and administrative settings.

Matt's courage under fire is perhaps best exemplified by his service to our country prior to college as a combat medic in the United States Army. He served in the former Federal Republic of Germany and later in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded at various times with the Expert Field Medical Badge, the Combat Medical Badge, the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.

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