Laura M. Matson

Laura M. Matson practices in the firm’s environmental, political, business, intellectual property, antitrust, employment, mediation, government representation, generative AI, and complex litigation practice groups, representing numerous public entities, businesses, tribal governments, and individual plaintiffs in complex litigation and transactional matters in state and federal court. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable John R. Tunheim, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Dr. Matson helped to found the firm’s emerging Generative AI practice group, serving as litigation counsel for artists and authors whose copyrighted works were infringed to train generative AI models. She is a skilled lawyer and represents clients regarding copyright infringement and defense, licensing, trademark, and complex intellectual property disputes.

Laura Matson is a 2014 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.  She also holds a PhD in Geography, Environment, and Society from the University of Minnesota and a MS in Development Studies from the University of London. Her PhD research focused on expansions of American Indian Tribal jurisdiction over resource policy and water regulation. While in law school, Dr. Matson served as Lead Outside Articles Editor for Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice and as a Clinic Director for the Human Rights Litigation and International Legal Advocacy Clinic.

Dr. Matson currently serves as a Council Member for the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section. She has taught courses at the University of Minnesota Law School and College of Liberal Arts and has published in the areas of treaty law, environmental law, international law, and natural resource policy.