Matthew G. Bonanno, Esq.

• Personal Injury
  • Slip and Falls
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Dog Bites
  • Truck and Bus Accidents
  • Casino Injuries
• Childhood Sexual Abuse

• Juris Doctor, Villanova University School of Law
• Monmouth Bar Association – Judge Neale F. Hooley Scholarship Award (‘09, ‘10, ‘11)
• B.A. degree, State University of New York at Albany

• NJBIZ 2026 Leaders in Law Award Honoree
• Top U.S. Foster Care Abuse Verdict of 2024  –  Number 1 Verdict in the United States in 2024
• Top 10 Verdicts in New Jersey 2024 – Ranked #4 among the Top 10 Plaintiff’s Jury Verdicts in New Jersey for 2024, recognized for trial results and impactful advocacy on behalf of injured clients.
• Certified Civil Trial Attorney as designated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Matt is among less than 2% of NJ practicing attorneys who have demonstrated sufficient levels of experience, education, knowledge and skill in civil trial practice
• Selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2019 – 2025
• Top Verdicts & Settlements in New Jersey 2019 – Obtained 18^th highest personal injury settlement (22^nd highest overall) and 43^rd highest personal injury verdict (53^rd highest overall) in New Jersey in 2019
• Marquis Who’s Who, 2019
• The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40
• Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016
• Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, 2016

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• New Jersey
• New York

• Member, National Crime Victims Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey Association for Justice
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, Middlesex County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
• Member, Monmouth County Bar Association
• Judge, Vincent J. Aprozzese High School Mock Trial Competition, January 2016
• National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys

• Seminar Speaker of New Jersey Child Sex Abuse Civil Litigation.  Middlesex County Bar Association.  2025.
• Moderator, Civil Practice Basics: “Direct Examination of Fact & Expert Witnesses”, Middlesex County Bar Association, 2016.
• Speaker, How to Handle Your First: Motion/Arbitration/Deposition & Trial, Young Lawyers Committee CLE Seminar, Middlesex County Bar Association, December 2016
• Moderator, Civil Practice Basics: Direct Examination of Fact & Expert Witnesses, Middlesex County Bar Association, October 2016.
• You Don’t Get Two Bites at That Apple – The Potential to Preclude Third-Party Claims When Seeking Authorized Treatment in a Companion Workers’ Compensation Case, The Middlesex Advocate, Middlesex County Bar Association, September 2016.

• $30,000,000 Verdict in Sexual Abuse Case Against City of Newark & Newark Board of Education
• $25,000,000 Verdict to Survivor of Child Sex Abuse
• $19,500,000 Settlement on behalf of two survivors of sex abuse
• $8,000,000 Settlement in New Jersey Foster Care Abuse Case
• $6,750,000 Settlement for Woman Raped as a Child in Foster Home
• $1,495,000 settlement for client injured in fall at Resorts’ Casino in Atlantic City
• $1.45 Million Truck Crash Settlement
• $1,000,000 UIM policy limits settlement
• $950,000 settlement for client who injured foot and knee in a car crash
• Confidential settlement for medical malpractice due to injury when his respiratory therapists incorrectly set up his ventilator and breathing circuit
• $954,000 settlement, car crash injuries, multiple people
• $900,000 settlement, bus crash litigation, neck and back injuries
• $850,000 settlement for client who slipped and fell on ice
• $800,000 settlement for client who suffered neck and back injuries in a dump truck crash
• $600,000 Settlement for Passenger Injured in Rideshare Crash
• $515,000 settlement for client who suffered neck, back, shoulder and knee injuries in Route 22 car crash
• $500,000 Settlement for Client Struck by Automatic Sliding Door
• $500,000 verdict for client who suffered neck and back injuries after having been struck by a car while walking in a parking lot in Marlboro, NJ
• $400,000 for client who suffered a shoulder injury in a bus crash in Freehold, NJ
• $385,000 settlement for client who tripped and fell on an uneven transition between the parking lot and curb outside a local ShopRite
• $360,000 settlement for client who suffered neck injuries in a car crash on Route 537 in Colts Neck, NJ
• $350,000 settlement for client who slipped and fell on ice on a public sidewalk
• $330,000 settlement for pedestrian struck by car
• $325,000 workers compensation settlement for client, a surveyor, injured on the job when he stepped in a hole in a field
• $300,000 policy limit settlement for client who suffered neck injuries in a Route 202 car crash
• $326,000 verdict for client who suffered neck injuries in crash with snow-plow truck
• $300,000 policy limit settlement for client who was injured when struck by a pickup truck
• $290,000 workers compensation settlement for a client who was injured in a work-related motorcycle ride to Tennessee
• $280,000 workers compensation total disability settlement for client who suffered back injuries
• $275,000 settlement for client who suffered neck injuries in Route 35 bus crash in Middletown, NJ
• $275,000 settlement for bicyclist struck by car
• $250,000 settlement for client who aggravated back injuries in slip and fall on ice
• $225,000 settlement for client who was bitten by dog
• $215,000 settlement for client who aggravated shoulder injuries in single vehicle car crash
• $215,000 settlement for client who suffered neck and back injuries in car crash
• $215,000 settlement for client injured in a slip and fall
• $200,000 settlement for client who suffered neck and back injures as a passenger in a taxi crash
• $190,000 settlement for client injured in a slip and fall accident
• $175,000 workers compensation settlement for client who injured knee
• $175,000 settlement for client who suffered neck and back injuries in a car crash
• $150,000 settlement for client who suffered neck and back injuries in car crash
• $100,000 settlement, the insurance policy limit, for passenger in car struck from behind