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Mathew Paulose Jr.
Counsel

Mathew Paulose Jr. is counsel to KI Legal’s Litigation and General Counsel Department. With more than 24 years of litigation and general counsel experience, he has handled more than 200 cases in the federal courts of New York and more than 100 cases in New York state courts. He has serviced more than 1000 clients (some who have been with him for more than a decade) and has conducted jury trials in Westchester County, New York County, Kings County, Queens County, and Nassau County. Additionally, he has tried jury cases in both SDNY and EDNY in which the cases have ranged from civil rights to contract rights, from personal injury to labor disputes, from consumer law to employment law.
Mathew is a graduate of New York University Law School, Fordham University Law School, and the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is admitted to the New York State bar, along with the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mathew is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, a 2020 Top Rated Lawyer by ALM Media, and a current Super Lawyer in both the Metro New York and Westchester County. Furthermore, he has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, Forbes, and has been published in the New York Law Journal, the New York State Bar, and several New York law school journals.
Areas of Practice
- Business Disputes
- Shareholder & LLC Litigation
- Contract Litigation
- Employment Discrimination Defense
- Wage & Hour Defense
- Independent Contractor Matters
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Real Property Disputes
- Down Payment Litigation
- General Counsel Services
Industries
- Hospitality
- Real Estate
- Medical & Dental
- Construction
- Consulting & Independent Contractor
- Livery
- Education
- Not-for-Profit
Education
- New York University Law School (LLM)
- Fordham University Law School (J.D.)
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S.)
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- New York State Bar
- New York Southern District Court
- New York Eastern District Court
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Member
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- New York City Bar Association, Member
- Westchester County Bar Association, Member
- National Association of Hearing Officials, Member
Publications & Media Appearances
- Paulose, Depositions: So Much For So Little, NITA (Nov. 21, 2018)
- Paulose & Mitchell, Effect of Guilty Pleas on Subsequent Section 1983 Claims of Excessive Force, New York State Bar
- Quoted in Barbanel, Twists and Turns, New York Times, May 10, 2009
- Quoted in Five Benefits of Bankruptcy, MSN.com, Dec. 1, 2009
- Quoted in Lindner, Unemployment for Busted Entrepreneurs, Forbes.com, Aug. 6, 2009
- Quoted in Lindner, How to Slim the Ranks, Forbes.com, Nov. 19, 2008
- Quoted in Lindner, Navigating New Discrimination Laws, Forbes.com, June 11, 2008
- No Discretion to Exercise Discretion (Bonus Payments), NYSBA L&E Magazine, Spring 2006, at 16
- Year End Bonus Payments Under NY Labor Law, NYSBA L&E Magazine, Fall 2003, at 20
- Notice of Claim Provision in Breach of Contract Actions, 6 N.Y.C. Law Rev. 27 (2003)
- The Legislature’s Prerogative to Determine Impeachable Offenses, Court Review, Spring 1999
- The Perils of Serving a Summons Without a Court’s Signature & Seal, NYLJ, April 5, 1999, at A1
- United States v. McDougald: Anathema to 18 USC § 1956, 21 Fordham Int’l L.J. 253 (1997)
Awards & Accolades
- Martindale Hubbell, AV rating
- ALM Media, Top Rated Lawyer, 202
- SuperLawyers, Metro New York & Westchester County, 2022