Attorney brings experience in oil and gas industries to Harrisburg law firm
HARRISBURG, PA-Matthew J. Golden, an attorney with experience in the oil and natural gas industries and a former prosecutor in Luzerne County, has joined the Harrisburg law firm of Skarlatos & Zonarich LLP as an associate.
Prior to joining Skarlatos & Zonarich, Golden worked with individual landowners, landowner groups, and land-management companies, advising them on the legal aspects of gas exploration and related lease negotiations. His practice at Skarlatos & Zonarich will also include estate planning.
From 2006 to 2007, Golden served as vice president for Homeland Energy Ventures LLC and Homeland Drilling Company in western Pennsylvania, handling lease negotiations, title work, budgeting and scheduling, and compliance with environmental regulations.
Before that he was an assistant district attorney in his native Luzerne County, where he prosecuted hundreds of felony cases and assisted in the prosecution of three homicides.
Golden is a 2000 graduate of Scranton University with a bachelor's degree in economics and a 2004 graduate of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. He is a member of Harrisburg Young Professionals.
He and his wife, Hillary Dean, also an attorney, live in Susquehanna Township.
Skarlatos & Zonarich LLP is a full-service law firm with highly skilled professionals dedicated to providing clients with sound advice and aggressive advocacy. For more information, visit skarlatoszonarich.com.
