About Matthew Frère

Matt was born and raised in the West Hills section of Knoxville and graduated from Webb School. He received his B.A. from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, his J.D. from the LSU College of Law in Baton Rouge, LA and his LL.M. in Tax Law from Boston University in Boston, MA. He began his law practice in Knoxville in 1986.

Matt was the first attorney in Tennessee to become certified as an elder law specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). In 2007 Matt was inducted to the Council of Advanced Practitioners, which is a peer election bestowed on only 64 out of 4,500 elder law attorneys nationwide. Matt lectures frequently to other attorneys, other professionals and to the public at large about elder and special needs issues, and he was one the creators (with Kelly) of the Community Law Talk Series for the Knoxville Bar Association.

Matt is a tennis nut, and a member of the USTA. You’ll find him on the court – the tennis court, that is – at the Knoxville Racquet Club or wherever you invite him to play!