Matthew W. Baker

Mr. Baker is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group and the Finance & Bankruptcy Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Education

• J.D., J. Reuben Clark Law School – Brigham Young University, 2009, Order of the Coif; magna cum laude; Editor-in-Chief, International Law & Management Review; First Prize, Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition
• B.A., Harvard University, 2003, cum laude

Clerkships

• Extern to the Honorable Matthew B. Durrant, Associate Chief Justice, Utah Supreme Court

Admissions

• California
• United States District Court – Central District of California

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese

Honors

• ABA Section of State and Local Government Award, 2009

Memberships

• Orange County Bar Association
• J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Orange County Chapter

Articles

• Much Ado About Nollan/Dolan: The Comparative Nature of the Legislative-Adjudicative Distinction in Exactions, 42 Urb. Law. (forthcoming)
• Comment, A Teacher’s Right to Remain Silent: Reasonable Accommodation of Negative Speech Rights in the Classroom, 2009 BYU L. Rev. 705
• Comment, The Sound of Congressional Silence: Judicial Distortion of the Legislative-Executive Balance of Power, 2009 BYU L. Rev. 101
• Comment, RLUIPA and Eminent Domain: Probing the Boundaries of Religious Land Use Protection, 2008 BYU L. Rev. 1213