Matt Sawchak’s teaching and scholarship reflect his 22 years of experience in complex business litigation, appellate practice, and antitrust. His scholarship focuses on federalism in antitrust and trade regulation, as well as emerging issues in civil procedure.

Sawchak has been a litigation partner in two of North Carolina’s leading law firms. He has handled cases that range from antitrust enforcement proceedings to federal civil-rights lawsuits. He has also served multiple times as new counsel on appeal.

He graduated with honors from Harvard University, where he was a National Merit Scholar. He earned his J.D. with honors and his LL.M. from Duke Law School. He was the editor-in-chief of the Duke Law Journal. Sawchak joined the Campbell Law faculty in 2011.

Sawchak clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas when Justice Thomas served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before his judicial clerkship, he clerked in the office of the Solicitor General of the United States.