Matthew O. Sanyour
Associate
Areas of Practice
Insurance Defense Group, Litigation
Education
Princeton University, A.B., Politics
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D.
Insurance Defense Group, Litigation
Princeton University, A.B., Politics
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D.
Matthew O. Sanyour is a civil litigator whose practice encompasses insurance defense of individuals, business entities, and municipalities from general liability claims. Mr. Sanyour has also represented corporate plaintiffs in breach of contract claims.
Mr. Sanyour is licensed to practice in:
Before joining Johnson Duffie, Mr. Sanyour practiced litigation in insurance defense, general liability, employment law, breach of contract, land use, professional liability defense, civil rights defense, and wrongful death claims. His prior practice also included intellectual property (IP) and business organizations. He advised corporate clients in regulatory guidance, federal contracting, intellectual property protections, IP licensing, trademark prosecution, and trade secret law, with a background in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. His work included IP interests arising in the electronics industry and the publishing industry as well. To that end, Mr. Sanyour collaborated with licensed patent attorneys in patent law practice, including assisting in the preparation of provisional patent applications.
Mr. Sanyour has a history of pro bono work on behalf of individuals in civil litigation defense and pro se applicants in IP law. He volunteered as an electoral official and was subsequently elected and served four years as an Inspector of Elections in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the 2010’s.
Mr. Sanyour graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor’s in politics and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a certificate in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law. During law school and immediately thereafter, he also completed a post-baccalaureate course of study in biology at the University of Pittsburgh including computational biology, genetics, endocrinology and neuroscience. He is currently eligible for the US patent exam.