Matthew A. Ciarleglio

As an associate in the Litigation Department, Matthew Ciarleglio represents clients in a wide variety of commercial and business litigation matters. His experience includes contract disputes, municipal litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, foreclosure matters, and collection actions.

Matthew has significant courtroom experience and he has successfully handled prejudgment remedy hearings, courtside trials, and hearings in damages. In addition, he has regularly appeared on behalf of clients at short calendar arguments, evidentiary hearings, pretrial conferences, examinations of judgment debtors, and foreclosure mediations.

Prior to joining Murtha Cullina, Matthew was an associate at two prominent law firms in Bridgeport, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut.  Matthew received his J.D., cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law.  While in law school, he was a member of the Quinnipiac Law Review and the Quinnipiac Moot Court Society.  Matthew received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Connecticut, where he was a member of the Honors Program and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

• Tort and Product Liability
• Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
• Construction

• Connecticut Bar Association
• New Haven County Bar Association

• Listed in New England Super Lawyers Magazine® as a Connecticut Rising Star® for Business Litigation (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.)

• United States Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, Extern, January 2012 - May 2012
• UBS Investment Bank, Stamford, CT / New York, NY, Summer Associate, June 2010 - August 2010

• Elm City Club, Board of Governors and Membership Committee
• Leadership Greater New Haven, Class of 2019-2020 (Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce)
• The Watch Hill Conservancy, Former Member
• The Westerly Land Trust, Former Member

• February 12, 2020 - Matthew A. Ciarleglio Participates In Class Of 2019-2020 Leadership Greater New Haven Program
• July 3, 2019 - Murtha Cullina Wins Jury Trial in City of Hartford Dunkin' Donuts Park Lawsuit
• October 24, 2018 - Matthew A. Ciarleglio Joins Murtha Cullina LLP Litigation Department

• October 5, 2020 - Labor & Employment Group News: New York State Paid Sick Leave Law Now in Effect
• September 16, 2020 - Labor & Employment Group News: Department of Labor Revises “Health Care Provider” Exemption to COVID-19-Related Paid Sick Leave and Enhanced Family Medical Leave
• March 17, 2020 - Litigation Group News: The Contract Implications of COVID-19

• Connecticut
• New York
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

• Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2012)
• University of Connecticut (B.A., summa cum laude, 2008)