Matthew T. Smith

Matt practiced for more than eight years in-house at TD Bank, based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In that role, he advised senior TD executives and the bank’s Board of Directors on legal issues with significant economic, legal, regulatory, and reputational import. As Head of U.S. Regulatory & Investigations for TD’s U.S. Litigation Team, Matt represented the bank in regulatory and enforcement matters, conducted internal investigations, and regularly met with, and presented to, U.S. bank regulators, including the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Federal Reserve.

Earlier in his career, Matt was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey, where he served as trial counsel on more than a dozen jury trials  Matt’s work as a federal prosecutor spanned a range of cases involving complex white collar fraud, money laundering, national security, narcotics, tax crimes, and violent crime. For more than eight years, Matt led multi-agency government investigations and worked closely with the FBI, IRS-Criminal Investigations, the Department of Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others.