Matt Bartle is a member of Graves, Bartle, Marcus & Garrett, L.L.C. and is also a Missouri State Senator.
Senator Bartle was born and raised in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia, with a bachelor's degree in Economics in 1987. In 1990, Senator Bartle graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Upon graduation from law school, he completed a one-year judicial clerkship for the Honorable W. Eugene Davis of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Senator Bartle began his legal career with Bryan Cave LLP. In 1998, he joined Berkowitz Oliver Williams Shaw & Eisenbrandt, LLP. He is currently with Graves, Bartle, Marcus and Garrett LLC in Kansas City.
Senator Bartle has represented clients in complex litigation matters for 14 years. He has been lead counsel in hundreds of arbitration matters pending before the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD.) These matters include alleged sales practices violations, employment disputes and restrictive covenant disputes. In 2004, he obtained one of the largest NASD arbitration awards in the United States that year. Senator Bartle is a frequent speaker on the subject of securities litigation and arbitration. He has also trained arbitrators for the NASD. Senator Bartle also practices in both federal and state court representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety litigation matters, with a concentration on commercial disputes.
Senator Bartle was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1998 and again in 2000. He served on both the House Judiciary and Criminal Law Committees. In 2002, the people of the 8th Senatorial District, which includes all of Eastern Jackson County, elected him as state senator, and re-elected him in 2006. Senator Bartle is chairman of the Senate Judiciary, Civil and Criminal Law Committee. During his tenure in the Missouri General Assembly, Senator Bartle has been a leader on issues related to civil and criminal law, economic development, and on the functioning of Missouri’s judicial system in general. Working with judges from all levels, Senator Bartle chaired the Joint Interim Committee on Judicial Resources which made recommendations on reallocating judicial resources in the state. Senator Bartle has been the lead sponsor of major reforms in Missouri law including the 2004 Missouri Securities Act, Quality Jobs Act, Missouri’s DNA Database and the Internet Sex Offender Registry.
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