Matthew Cyr

Associate | Philadelphia, PA

Biography

Matthew Cyr, an associate at Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, focuses his practice on securities fraud litigation and has been a key member of the litigation teams that have prosecuted major securities class actions to their landmark conclusions.  Matt is also a member of the Firm’s consumer litigation practice group, participating in important litigation on behalf of injured consumers.  He has extensive experience in all phases of document and deposition discovery. Before joining BR&B in 2008, he worked for several area litigation firms, focusing his practice on e-discovery matters.

Notable Cases

  • In re American International Group, Inc. 2008 Securities Litigation, Master File No. 08-CV-4772-LTS, before the Honorable Laura Taylor Swain in the Southern District of New York, which resulted in a settlement of $970.5 million, among the largest recoveries achieved in a securities fraud class action stemming from the 2008 financial crisis.
  • Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System v. Bank of America Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-733-WHP, before the Honorable William H. Pauley, III, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which settled after nearly six years of intensive litigation for $335 million.

Current Cases

  • In re: Direct Purchaser Fire Apparatus Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 1:25-cv-01252, before the Honorable Byron B. Conway in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  • In re: Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 16-MD-2724, before the Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School
    Madison, WI | J.D. 2005
  • St. Joseph’s University
    Philadelphia, PA | B.A. 1998

Admissions

  • Wisconsin, 2005
  • New Jersey, 2006
  • Pennsylvania, 2012

Memberships

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association