Berkeley Law, by way of Tulane.
Undergraduate studies at Tulane University in New Orleans; law degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
About the advocate
Counsel built for the narrow window.
Writs, federal defense, appeals, and serious criminal matters — handled directly, with urgency and candor, in New Orleans and across Louisiana.
About Jerome
New Orleans, Louisiana
The work
Some cases are about patience. These are about the clock.
The matters this practice takes on share one trait: the window to act is narrow. A supervisory writ has days, not months. A federal investigation matures whether or not anyone is ready. An appeal deadline runs from the moment of sentencing. A person in custody loses something every day the case drifts.
Jerome built his practice around that reality. The intake is fast, the analysis starts immediately, and the client hears the honest version of where things stand — including when the honest version is hard to hear.
The flag is planted in writ work, where speed and precision either exist or the opportunity is gone. The same discipline carries through every federal case, appeal, and felony defense the practice accepts.
Jerome Matthews
Louisiana Bar No. 33964
State & Federal Practice
State & Federal Practice
How the practice runs
Four commitments, kept on every case.
I
Direct representation.
The person who answers, analyzes, and argues the case is Jerome. No hand-offs, no layers — the client deals with their lawyer.
II
Urgency without panic.
Fast is not frantic. Deadlines get protected first; then the strategy gets chosen deliberately, with the client informed at every turn.
III
The record is everything.
Writs and appeals are won on what was preserved. Every case is built with the reviewing court in mind — from the first motion forward.
IV
Straight answers.
Clients get the real assessment — strengths, problems, costs, and odds — in plain language. Decisions this important deserve honesty, not salesmanship.
The record
Credentials, stated plainly.
Every Louisiana courtroom, through the Fifth Circuit.
Admitted in all Louisiana state courts; the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Louisiana Bar No. 33964.
Trained inside an appellate chambers.
Judicial extern to the Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit — where records are read line by line and arguments live or die on the page. That discipline built this practice’s writ and appellate work.
Matthews Law Office, LLC.
Based in New Orleans; client meetings by appointment. One lawyer handles the case from first call to final ruling — reachable at 504-247-6411, day or night.
Where and how
Rooted in New Orleans. At home in any Louisiana courtroom.
Jerome Matthews (Louisiana Bar No. 33964) practices in every Louisiana state court, all three federal districts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The practice concentrates on high-stakes litigation: supervisory writs, federal criminal defense, serious felonies, and appeals.
Consultations happen by phone first, because that is fastest; client meetings follow by appointment. If the matter is urgent, say so in the first sentence — urgency changes the order of everything that follows.
The French Quarter
Preparation is the only advantage the defense fully controls. Everything in this practice is organized to protect it.
Jerome Matthews
Tell me where the case stands. I will tell you what the window looks like.
Call or text any time. If the matter is urgent, say so in the first sentence — urgency changes the order of everything that follows.
504-247-6411