We are proud to announce that Matt Sharp was included in The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide. Matt’s recognition is a testament to his legacy of success advocating for his clients against insurance bad faith and misconduct, often delivering results as a solo practioner that exceed those of major firms. He previously secured a landmark $200 million verdict for the estate of Bill Eskew, a cancer patient who died after a subsidiary of United Healthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, wrongfully denied him coverage for the [...]

January 28, 2026 – Insurance Bad Faith Matthew Sharp recently published an op-ed in the Reno Gazette Journal warning Nevada homeowners about the far-reaching implications of Assembly Bill 376, a new law that fundamentally reshapes homeowners' insurance in the state. With more than 30 years of experience representing individuals and families in cases involving corporate misconduct and bad-faith insurance practices, Sharp explains how AB 376 creates a "Regulatory Experimentation Program" that allows insurers to sell property insurance policies that exclude wildfire coverage that has traditionally been included in [...]

Attorney Matthew L. Sharp is representing a group of activists who are seeking to halt the production, sale, and marketing of AR-15 assault-style rifles in the United States. The lawsuit was filed jointly by a congregation known as Catholic Sisters, made up of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Sisters of Bon Secours USA, Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary, U.S.-Ontario Province. What Are the Details of the Lawsuit? As shareholders in Smith & Wesson, the Catholic Sisters’ lawsuit seeks [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 3, 2019 Seeking to Prevent More Families from Enduring Unimaginable Pain, Parents of Las Vegas Massacre Victim Argue Gun Companies’ Choice of Design Features Caused Their Daughter’s Death LAS VEGAS — The parents of a Seattle woman killed in the 2017 massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Musical Festival in Las Vegas today filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers of the eight AR-15 rifles used in the shooting. The rifles were used to rain 1,049 rounds of automatic fire on the crowd [...]

Reno personal injury attorney Matthew Sharp helped represent 105 victims who will divide $18 million of a $25 million settlement after the most devastating wild fire in recent Northern Nevada memory. Because of this settlement home and business owners who were victims of government negligence will be able to get their lives back to normal. During the nearly three years since the fire, Sharp has played a vital role in the course of discovery, mediation and claims for damages. (Read the News article here) In October of 2016 [...]

When there is work to be done, Matthew Sharp is the first lawyer to roll up his sleeves and begin the tasks at hand. That is true whether you are dealing with legislative reform, trial preparation, appellant briefing or any other aspect of the legal profession that protects and furthers the rights of consumers and other injured persons. Matt is a fifth-generation Nevadan and the nephew of Procter R. Hug, Jr., who served as both a Justice and the Chief Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court. Matt is [...]

While air bags are designed to save lives in a vehicle crash, the bags themselves are creating injuries as they become more complex and because there are more of them. Consequently, more vehicle recalls were made in 2012 because of faulty airbags than in any previous year, according to an article in the Feb. 10 USA Today. Since 2011, more than 7.75 million vehicles have been recalled due to some type of auto defect. Air bags aren’t worse than they used to be, there are just more of them being installed into vehicles. [...]