{"id":318,"date":"2026-06-26T09:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a2ztechnologies.co.uk\/demo\/stretzquinn\/?post_type=team&#038;p=318"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:22:33","slug":"matthew-j-stretz","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/a2ztechnologies.co.uk\/demo\/stretzquinn\/team\/matthew-j-stretz\/","title":{"rendered":"MATTHEW J. STRETZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"318\" class=\"elementor elementor-318\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bbc01a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bbc01a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-507b1bf premium-header-inline premium-lq__none premium-box-lq__none elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-dual-header\" data-id=\"507b1bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-dual-header.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-dual-header-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"premium-dual-header-first-header \"><span class=\"premium-dual-header-first-span\">MATTHEW J.  <\/span><span class=\"premium-dual-header-second-header \">STRETZ<\/span><\/h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192bbf0 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"192bbf0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-880194d e-grid e-con-full wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"880194d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abde8d8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abde8d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c321824 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c321824\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Originally from Sedalia, Missouri, Matthew Stretz\u00a0obtained his Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He then obtained his law degree from the same university in 1982. Upon graduation, he began working with the firm of Gould &amp; Moore specializing in general and civil litigation practice.<\/p><p>In 1985 Matthew Stretz joined the law firm of Gordon N. Myerson where he began practicing in the field of Workers\u2019 Compensation defense. In 1989, he became \u201cOf Counsel\u201d to Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly, Davis &amp; Dicus, later joining that firm as a partner in 1991. Matt joined the law firm of Merrick, Baker, Fox, Hufft &amp; Strauss as a partner in 1992. As a founding partner of Stretz\/Quinn, his practice consists exclusively of Workers\u2019 Compensation defense litigation in both Missouri and Kansas.<\/p><p>Matt has argued before the United States Court of Appeals in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits. Matthew Stretz is a frequent lecturer in Missouri and Kansas on Workers\u2019 Compensation law and has published annual articles on the subject. He authors the chapter on Kansas Workers\u2019 Compensation Law for the Missouri Practitioner found in the Missouri Bar Workers\u2019 Compensation Law Desk Book. 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