About Matthew Litt
Professional and Avocational Highlights:
Testified about dangers of legalizing online sports betting and casinos in state legislatures of Minnesota, Hawaii, Georgia, and Nebraska
Author of groundbreaking “Risk Free Bets Letter” sent August 9, 2021 instructing seven New Jersey casinos to discontinue misleading “Risk Free” bet promotion
Appeared on television shows including CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper and Anderson Cooper 360°, ABC Nightly News, and VICE TV Out of Bounds discussing predatory gambling
Quoted in and advised national media on status and trends in gambling law, including Wall Street Journal, Michael Lewis’s Against the Rules, Washington Post, ProPublica, ESPN, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Licensed to practice law in the State and Federal Courts of New York and New Jersey, including Second and Third United States Circuit Courts of Appeal
Former Mayor, Township Committeeman, and Board of Education Vice President in Chesterfield, New Jersey
Bestselling author of Christmas 1945 - The Greatest Celebration in American History, non-fiction book about the first holiday season after the end of World War II
Founder & Chair of Appellate Writing Dept. at Top 20 Largest New Jersey Law Firm
Honored Speaker at Presidential Libraries of Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Legal Writing and Research Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall Law School 2009-2014
Graduated University of Connecticut School of Law 2002
Graduated Ithaca College 1999
New Jersey Historic Preservation Award Winner 2017; Winner of Camden County Historical Society Eponymous Matthew R. Litt Award 2019