Matthew Thomas Vocci - a Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland (MD) Tenants' Rights Lawyer

Lutherville-Timonium Tenants' Rights Lawyer

Updated: 05/12/2026

Areas of Practice

Tenants' Rights
Personal Injury
Consumer Protection

Attorney Information

Overview

Matthew Thomas Vocci is a partner in the law firm of Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC. He represents and advocates on behalf of low-income Marylanders and strives to provide high-quality legal representation for those who would otherwise not be able to afford an attorney. If there are landlords, property managers, lenders, debt collectors, employers, bail bondsman that are taking advantage of regular folks, Matt and his firm work to bring them to justice. The majority of Matt's work relates in some way to housing. He represents tenants against landlords and property managers on a variety of cases such as consumer protection and consumer debt collection issues, habitability, Fair Housing Act violations, illegal evictions, and personal injuries. Matt has served as class counsel on several class actions, including a recent case that resolved favorably for tenants against a large, out-of-state property management company. He has also successfully represented those seeking wages/commissions from their employer or principal. He is a member of the MSBA’s Delivery of Legal Services Committee Council and the ACLU of Maryland Committee on Litigation and Legal Priorities. Matt also helps those injured in motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, and dog bites.

Matt was an integral part of a trial team that represented a unit owner that suffered significant damages stemming from water infiltration and mold growth in a condominium unit. This case resulted in what is believed to be Maryland's largest judgment against a condominium board for failure to maintain and repair common elements resulting in damages to a single unit owner.

Matt is active in the community and is currently serving on the Committee on Litigation and Legal Priorities for the ACLU of Maryland. He is dedicated to the advancement of a civil and just society and has written for The Daily Record on topics involving those most vulnerable in our society. He has also published opinion pieces in The Baltimore Sun and Al Dia News.

Matt graduated cum laude from Temple University, Beasley School of Law in 2006 and served on the Editorial Board of the Temple Law Review.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

The Daily Record's Very Important Professional, 2013
Latino Provider's Network Community Service Award, 2013
Law Firm named Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service's Firm of the Year, 2019
Law Firm awarded Pro Bono Firm of the Year Award by Baltimore County Bar Association, 2019
Law firm honored with Law Firm Pro Bono Award by the Pro Bono Resource Center, 2018

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Past Lists

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2017 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2016 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2015 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2014 Maryland Super Lawyers list
2013 Maryland Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Temple Law Review, Editorial Board, 2004-2005
Non Legal Education
- University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, 1999
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Criminal Justice

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Past Positions

Williams & Santoni, LLP, Of Counsel, 2015 - 2016
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, PA, Member, 2006 - 2015

Classes and Seminars

"Obtaining Significant Awards for Non-Economic Damages", Maryland State Bar Association, 2020
"Discovery and Trial Preparation", Maryland Legal Aid, 2019

Pro Bono Activities

Volunteer Attorney with Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland in Consumer Protection Program, 2016 - Present
Volunteer Attorney with Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 2016 - Present

Published Works

Articles

Raw Sewage Fouling Homes in Baltimore, Trial Reporter, Fall, 2016
This article encourages the investigation into negligence by the City of Baltimore for allowing raw sewage to back up into the homes of residents on a regular basis.
Tenants' Rights + Human Rights, The Daily Record, Sept. 20, 2016
The nonprofit organization that represents low-income Marylanders has published a study, “Human Rights in Maryland’s Rent Courts,” relating to FTPR (Failure to Pay Rent) cases filed in rent courts throughout Maryland in 2012.

Bar Admissions

Maryland, 2006
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2006
Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2010

Other Affiliations

National Association of Consumer Advocates, 2016 - Present (Member)
Maryland State Bar Association, 2006 - Present (Member)
ACLU of Maryland Committee on Litigation, 2016 - Present (Member)
Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 2013 - 2016 (Board Member)
Safe and Sound Campaign, 2013 - 2018 (Board Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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Contact

Lutherville-Timonium, MD

201 W. Padonia Road
Suite 101A
Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093

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Phone: 443-782-5596

Fax: 410-525-5704

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