Matthew Africa earned his law degree in 2000 from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he was a Notes and Comments Editor of the California Law Review.

Upon graduating, he joined Pillsbury Winthrop as an associate attorney in the firm’s corporate group. His practice focused on corporate and project finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He also worked extensively on energy regulation, bankruptcy, litigation and affordable housing finance matters.

Mr. Africa joined Morgan Lewis & Bockius in 2003, where he practiced commercial litigation, aggressively representing businesses and individuals in business disputes concerning breaches of contract and fiduciary duties, trade secrets and other issues.

In 2005, Mr. Africa founded his own firm to represent individuals and growing companies in business and intellectual property law. During this time, Mr. Africa has also performed extensively as a Disc
Jockey at clubs and events internationally, programmed and hosted
popular radio shows for KALX Berkeley and All Day Play FM and produced a series of celebrated mixes. More information on these activities is available here.

Mr. Africa is an active member of the California Bar Association. He is the author of several publications including the article, "The Misuse of Licensing Evidence in Fair Use Analysis: New Technologies, New Markets, and the Courts" (California Law Review, July 2000).

Excellent professional references available upon request.