J. MATTHEW STEPHENS
Managing Partner / Shareholder
Litigation, Operations, and Finance
J. MATTHEW STEPHENS
Managing Partner / Shareholder
Litigation, Operations, and Finance
Matt Stephens is a Shareholder and the Managing Partner of Litigation, Operations, and Finance for ROS Law Group, PLC. He has practiced law for over 22 years and has been with the firm for over 20 years, handling health plan subrogation and reimbursement matters on behalf of employers, plan fiduciaries, and third-party administrators. Before joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable W. Frank Crawford, former Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and worked with one of the country’s largest labor and employment law firms.
Mr. Stephens is a leader in the health plan subrogation industry. He is a frequent speaker on ERISA, FEHBA, Medicare, and other health plan subrogation and reimbursement topics around the country. In fact, since 2007, he has been a Presenter at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s National Other Party Liability Group (“NOPLG”) Annual Conference. Most recently, in 2023, Mr. Stephens co-founded the Subrogation Healthcare Alliance (“SHA”), the country’s first organization dedicated solely to healthcare subrogation. He is also a published author. His article, “Becoming the Best Healthcare Gunslinger in the Ninth Circuit,” was published in the Winter 2006 Edition of Subrogator by the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. Additionally, he co-authored “Healthcare Subrogation Trilogy: Sorting Out the Three Cases Decided by the Supreme Court in 2006 in Order to Maximize Subrogation Recoveries in 2007 and Beyond,” published in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Legal Affairs Bulletin, No. 974 (March 2007). In 1998, Mr. Stephens graduated cum laude from The University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Professional Studies, and in 2001, he earned his law degree from The University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.