Partner of the Houston, Texas based intellectual property law firm of Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg. Mr. Prebeg has tried patent and copyright cases and numerous product liability and personal injury cases in his career. He has concentrated his practice to representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and intellectual property cases, including patent infringement litigation. Mr. Prebeg is one of the 11 patent litigation lawyers of Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg, whose practice focuses primarily on contingency fee patent litigation seeking the recovery of patent infringement damages for his clients. While focusing on plaintiffs' contingent fee litigation in the intellectual property area, Mr. Prebeg also represents major corporations in infringement litigation.

Mr. Prebeg is an aggressive and experienced trial lawyer with an engineering, construction, and manufacturing background. He worked as an automotive engineer for auto, truck, and trailer manufacturers throughout the United States. As a consultant to the automotive industry, he developed control systems for vehicle engines and transmissions, and he designed, analyzed, or tested component parts and systems for vehicles ranging from small passenger cars to 70 ton trailers designed to carry military tanks. He has extensive experience in evaluating and testing vehicles to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and to industry and military standards. The Society of Automotive Engineers recognized Matthew with distinction for his service as a member of the SAE Truck & Bus Safety Dynamics Subcommittee. He has authored works that are published in the areas of vehicle dynamics, control systems, and computer modeling of mechanical systems.

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois - 1980 - B.S.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas - 1983 - B.S.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas - 1988 - Ph. D, Engineering
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas - J.D. - 1994 - Endowed Presidential Scholar, Board of Advocates, and the recipient of the highest scholarship award in Oil & Gas law

Experience

• Engineering - 1980 to 1994
  Component and system design, control system design, testing, and project management for vehicle manufacturers and development facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
• Glover, Miller, Lewis & Prebeg, P.C. and related firms - 1994 to 2005 - Houston, Texas
• Civil litigation for plaintiffs and defendants. Clients included several international product manufacturers and distributors.
• Principally involved in product liability litigation and business dispute lawsuits.
• Goldstein, Faucett & Prebeg, L.L.P. - since 2006.
  Matt joined partners Ed Goldstein, Chris Faucett, and Corby Vowell in April of 2006 to concentrate his practice primarily on the representation of inventors in patent infringement litigation.

Memberships and Recognitions

• Admitted to practice in Texas state courts and United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas and the District of Colorado.
• Matthew has argued cases to the Texas Supreme Court and various Courts of Appeals throughout Texas. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
• Member of the American Association for Justice, Texas and Houston Trial Lawyers Associations.
• AV rated.
• Former member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
• Tau Beta Pi

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