Matthew M. Kovalcik

Matthew M. Kovalcik

Matthew M. Kovalcik
Associate
Phone: 312.521.2655 vCard
Fax: 312.521.2555
mkovalcik@muchshelist.com

PRACTICE GROUPS

AT WORK

Matthew M. Kovalcik concentrates his practice primarily in consumer financial services litigation. Specifically, Matt represents the interests of banks, mortgage lenders and servicers, and related industry clients against claims brought under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), as well as state consumer fraud statutes. He has previously represented national and community banks in debt enforcement and mortgage foreclosure matters, and has experience in a broad range of commercial litigation and transactional matters, from zoning disputes and tort defense to the formation of non-profit entities.

Matt serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Associates Committee.

IN THE PROFESSION

Matt is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, where he serves on the Civil Practice Committee.

While in law school, Matt served as a judicial extern for Justice Margaret O'Mara Frossard of the Illinois Appellate Court.

BACKGROUND

Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D., 2009

Colgate University
B.A., cum laude, 2005

Matt is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.