Matthew S. Tripolitsiotis

Associate
Armonk

t: 914 749 8364
f: 914 749 8300

mtripolitsiotis@bsfllp.com

Area of Practice

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2004; Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

University of Pennsylvania, M.G.A., Government Administration, 2002; Project Director, Fels Voting Index

Villanova University, B.A., Political Science, 2000; Commencement Speaker; Truman Scholar Nominee

Admissions

New York and Connecticut

United States Courts of Appeals: Second Circuit

United States District Courts: Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Matthew S. Tripolitsiotis's main practice area is complex litigation.

Mr. Tripolitsiotis represents a wide range of clients in a number of diverse matters, including appellate, antitrust, business relationships, commercial real estate, corporate governance, and intellectual property litigation matters.

At Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Tripolitsiotis was one of the attorneys who represented American Express in its suit against Visa and MasterCard for antitrust violations. American Express's $2.25 billion settlement of this matter with Visa was hailed as the largest antitrust settlement for a single antitrust-plaintiff to date and its case against MasterCard is currently pending. Among his other work at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Tripolitsiotis represented a cable company in successfully recovering funds from its former executives in the wake of a major corporate scandal, a premier New York City real estate developer, a Brazilian asset manager in its dispute over ownership rights in Brazilian telecommunication companies, and a major motion picture company.

While at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his J.D. and M.G.A. degrees, Mr. Tripolitsiotis served as a law school clerk for Judge Margorie O. Rendell of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He served on the board of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law as Articles Editor and as a teaching assistant in the political science department of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Tripolitsiotis is an experienced mediator whose academic interests include constitutional law, political science, and civil procedure. Mr. Tripolitsiotis's research on Compact Clause entities was published in the Yale Law & Policy Review.

Selected Publications

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: The Application of State Law to Compact Clause Entities, 23 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 163 (2005)

Note, Groh v. Ramirez, The Warrant Requirement, and Qualified Immunity, 6 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1179 (2004).