Matt Cheek is a transactional attorney focusing on banking and real estate matters as a partner in the firm's Real Estate and Financial Services Sections. Mr. Cheek has broad experience in a variety of transactional settings, including representing lenders and borrowers in loans secured by real property, owners and developers in the acquisition and sale of real property, property owners in land use and zoning cases, and others in general transactional and commercial matters.

Education
Washington and Lee University, J.D. – 1999
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., cum laude – 1994

Professional Affiliations

• Virginia Bar Association - Young Lawyers Division
- Chair
- Executive Committee
- Law School Liaison Committee

• Virginia Bar Association
- Executive Committee
- Board of Governors
- Community Service Council, Young Lawyer Liaison
- Membership Committee, Young Lawyer Liaison
- Regional Advisory Committee, Young Lawyer Liaison

• Virginia State Bar

Awards and Honors
Listed in "The Legal Elite", Virginia Business magazine
Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine
Phi Beta Kappa

Community Involvement
Boy Scouts of America, Friends of Scouting, Capitol District Finance Committee
Captones Jazz Ensemble
English Speaking Union, Richmond Chapter, Vice President and Scholarship Committee Chairman
Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Business Retention Committee
The United Way of Greater Richmond, Williams Mullen Past Campaign Chair
Virginia Commonwealth University, Adjunct Professor