Matthew G. Bonanno is an associate who focuses on litigation. He is licensed in both New Jersey and New York. 

Matthew graduated from SUNY-Albany in 2007 with a B.A. in Psychology and earned his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 2011. While at Villanova, he was a managing editor on the Villanova Environmental Law Journal and a member in the school’s Civil Justice Clinic, where he represented low-income clients in Philadelphia and Delaware counties in a range of civil disputes. 

Following law school, Matthew clerked for the Honorable John T. Mullaney, Jr., J.S.C. in the Monmouth County Superior Court.  During his clerkship, he was responsible for all legal research and drafting of judicial memoranda and opinions in a variety of civil and criminal matters, ranging from environmental litigation and will contests to drug distribution and murder cases. 

Prior to joining Rebenack, Aronow & Mascolo, Matthew was employed at one of the longest standing insurance defense firms in Monmouth County. There, he engaged in personal injury defense for two of the largest insurance companies in New Jersey.  He also represented multiple joint insurance funds and self-insured municipalities in workers’ compensation courts throughout the State.