Matt Popp

Matt Popp is a partner in SBSB Eastham’s New Orleans office. A native of Ohio, he received a basketball scholarship to Tulane University, where he earned both an undergraduate degree in accounting and his law degree. While in school, he spent summers working offshore as a deckhand and in towboat yards, gaining experience as a Jones Act seaman and longshoreman. After graduating law school, he served as an assistant district attorney in Orleans Parish before entering private practice.

Matt joined SBSB Eastham in November 2022 after 24 years in private practice. His practice areas cover an array of issues including cargo damage subrogation, admiralty and maritime, business transactions, civil and commercial litigation, construction, general liability, insurance litigation and coverage, insurance subrogation, marine cargo and trucking.

Matt is admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, The Florida Bar and the State Bar of Texas. He is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth and Eleventh circuits and numerous U.S. District Courts across Louisiana, New York, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. He is trial-tested, trial-ready and trial-smart, able to obtain a favorable resolution across a number of practice areas.