Matthew Detzel
Partner
Overview
Matthew Detzel is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office who focuses his national practice on helping clients navigate the complex intersection of law, technology, data and intellectual property (IP), bringing effective results in the boardroom and the courtroom.
With a practice centered on data strategy, security and privacy, Mr. Detzel draws on his past technology sector roles and offers an innovative approach as a trusted client adviser and tireless advocate. He is a tech-forward, creative problem-solver who assists clients in addressing and overcoming their most complex challenges.
Mr. Detzel leverages his deep understanding of technology to guide clients in developing and implementing robust data strategies. He helps them navigate complex and evolving regulatory requirements in data privacy, cybersecurity and information governance. Mr. Detzel's counsel covers critical areas such as data breach avoidance and response, comprehensive records retention programs and the defensible disposition of sensitive information. By focusing on proactive compliance and strategic data management, he empowers clients to protect their assets and use data effectively.
Mr. Detzel applies his technological acumen to safely navigate clients through complex, high-stakes disputes and class actions. He is proficient with cutting-edge tools and techniques for e-discovery and data analysis – including the use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) – to achieve favorable outcomes, and he devotes considerable time to staying apprised of emerging technologies, ensuring his counsel remains at the forefront of legal and business innovation.
Mr. Detzel's experience spans a variety of legal disciplines, including contract and business disputes, IP infringement, constitutional challenges, antitrust, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
In the healthcare space, Mr. Detzel helps clients navigate antifraud investigations, audits and reimbursement disputes, including claims involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). For financial services clients, he possesses considerable experience detecting, responding to and resolving complex fraud schemes, serving as an investigator, adviser and advocate in bankruptcies, litigation and appeals.
Not yet admitted to Massachusetts Bar; admitted to Florida Bar only and practicing under supervision of lawyers licensed to practice in Massachusetts.
Representative Experience
- Represented a public energy utility client and guided investigation, evaluation and response to a suspected data breach incident
- Represented a large asset management firm in project to modernize and streamline firm's data retention policies and procedures, and help firm to implement defensible deletion strategies for specific classes of data
- Assisted clients in resolving improperly denied reimbursement claims presented to health insurance and state payer without litigation
- Assisted healthcare providers to navigate and respond to health insurance audits
- Represented a client and obtained denial of certification of putative class action alleging bank customers were overcharged through series of unauthorized and fraudulent recurring monthly withdrawals from customers' accounts for voluntary term life insurance benefit offered to account holders of bank on opt-in basis
- Represented clients in successful challenge to unlawful wastewater impact fee adopted and imposed by a city in contravention of rights guaranteed by Florida Constitution
- Represented clients in patent infringement action concerning unauthorized and unlicensed use and sale of patented light-emitting diode (LED) technology
- Represented clients in resisting claims of corporate raiding, breach of non-competition agreement and misappropriation of trade secrets arising out of protracted exodus of highly specialized personnel from former employer
- Represented a client and obtained summary judgment on automobile insurance carrier's claims of fraud, unjust enrichment, and violations of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) in action brought in federal district court for millions of dollars in payments made to medical clinics operating with fraudulently obtained licenses
- Represented a client manufacturer in defending alleged violations of Sherman Act, Robinson-Patman Act and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act, breach of contract and fraudulent inducement arising out of agreement for manufacture of private label goods
- Represented a client on insurer's claims of fraud, unjust enrichment, violations of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), FDUTPA and Florida laws prohibiting payment of kickbacks and patient brokering arising out of unlawful patient referral scheme by substance use disorder treatment facility, drug testing laboratory and recovery homes all owned by same person
- Represented a client and obtained summary judgment on client wholesaler's contract claims against regional reseller as well as reseller's counterclaims for tortious interference and fraudulent inducement concerning nearly $1 million worth of inventory procured in bad faith by reseller on short-term credit facility
- Represented client in successful as-applied constitutional challenge to bankruptcy fees statute
- Represented clients in successful challenge under Florida Constitution to wastewater impact fee imposed by city
Credentials
- University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., cum laude
- University of Florida, B.A.
- Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- The Florida Bar
- Orange County Bar Association
- The Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Chester Bedell American Inn of Court, Alumnus
- Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2020