--- title: "Paul Brian Matey | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-brian-matey" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Paul Brian Matey U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2019-present - Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel at University Hospital, Newark, NJ (2015–2018) - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2002-2003 - Law Clerk, District Court, D. New Jersey, 2001-2002 - American jurist and attorney who serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - In summary, Judge Paul Brian Matey’s career spans high-profile federal prosecution, senior government legal counsel roles, corporate legal leadership, and now judicial service on the Third Circuit, with a strong background in complex litigation and public service ### Education - summa cum laude, Seton Hall University School of Law, Editor-in-Chief of the Seton Hall Law Review — J.D. (2001) - University of Scranton — B.A. (1993) ### Additional information - Matey has lectured on administrative law and American legal history at Seton Hall University since 2020 and was elected to the American Law Institute in 2019. - assistant counsel, 2010-present - Appointed by President Donald Trump on January 23, 2019, to replace Julio M. Fuentes, confirmed by the Senate on March 12, 2019, and sworn in on March 18, 2019. - Private practice, Roseland, NJ, 2018-2019 - corporate secretary, 2016-2018 - Deputy Chief Counsel to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (2012–2015). - Chris Christie, New Jersey, 2010-2015 - senior counsel, 2010-2012 - Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey (2005–2009), prosecuting white-collar crimes, healthcare fraud, securities fraud, and child protection cases; received the Director’s Award for Superior Performance from the DOJ. - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2003-2005 - Born March 29, 1971, in Edison, New Jersey. - Date of birth: 1971-01-01 - Office of Gov. - He then worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, later as a partner in Lowenstein Sandler LLP focusing on complex commercial litigation and white-collar defense. - He presides over appeals in federal cases within the Third Circuit, which covers Delaware, Eastern and Southern Districts of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. - Birth place: Edison, NJ ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6130381) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6130381) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6130381) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8599/paul-brian-matey/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8599/paul-brian-matey/) - [Wikidata: Paul Matey](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51723966) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-brian-matey", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-brian-matey", "name": "Paul Brian Matey | KnowJudges", "description": "Paul Brian Matey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 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