Matthew Majd

Matthew Majd is an Associate at Tyson & Mendes’ San Diego office. He is a member of the firm’s Complex Trial Team, where his practice focuses on a variety of complex civil litigation matters.

Mr. Majd participated in Tyson & Mendes’ Clerkship program in San Diego, where he developed skills and strategies in all stages of litigation. He also gained experience arguing before Division Two in the Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District of California while he worked as a law clerk in the Criminal Division for Appeals, Writs, and Trials at the Office of the Attorney General in California.

Mr. Majd received his J.D. cum laude from University of San Diego School of Law in 2021 and graduated with a concentration in Civil Litigation. During law school, Mr. Majd competed as a member of the school’s mock trial and moot court team. He also won the award for Third Best Oralist in the USD Alumni Torts Moot Court Competition. Mr. Majd was also a judicial extern for Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. During his second year of law school, Mr. Majd worked as a teaching assistant for Professor Wiggins’ Property course. Prior to law school, Mr. Majd obtained his B.A. in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Law from University of California, San Diego. He is a current member of the San Diego Defense Lawyers, where his colleagues elected him to act as a board member in 2023.

In his free time, Mr. Majd enjoys volunteering at the First Presbyterian Church soup kitchen, assisting as a judge in mock trial tournaments at his alma mater, and spending time with his family or by the beach.

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