Matthew Christian Partner Christian & Christian, Greenville

Matthew Christian, Partner at Christian & Christian in Greenville, has focused his 23-year legal career on nursing home litigation and long term care cases. He began practicing with a broad spectrum of personal injury and medical negligence cases, trying matters ranging from magistrate’s court to complex medical negligence in common pleas. Christian continued working in medical negligence and discovered a significant need for representing elderly individuals who had been neglected and abused in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

He explained that given the vulnerability of the elderly, they needed a voice, and given the growth of the long-term care industry, it made sense to grow his practice with a focus on that area.

Christian has achieved notable results beyond monetary recoveries, including prompting facilities to change or add policies to improve resident safety. His practice has also enabled numerous families to bring loved ones home with settlement funds to afford previously unaffordable home care. He has successfully defeated multiple arbitration motions and won numerous related appeals, including getting a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court dismissed in an arbitration matter won at the South Carolina Supreme Court.