ABOUT

Matthew J. Button

Mr. Button earned a law degree from Concordia School of Law in 2015, where he was a Dixon Scholar recipient, president of the J. Ruben Clark Law Society, a volunteer for the Street Law Clinic where he diagnosed legal issues for the under privileged, and a volunteer for Soundstart Community Outreach where he drafted legal educational materials for incarcerated individuals.

In addition to disability law, Mr. Button is conversant with tax law and estate planning. Before law school, Mr. Button earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University - Idaho in 2007 and a master's of accounting from Boise State University in 2008, and subsequently worked several years in SUPERVALU's corporate tax department.

While in law school, Mr. Button created the tax advice section for the Idaho Legal Aid Senior Guidebook and completed mentorship programs with the Idaho State Tax Commission and the Robert L. Aldridge Estate Planning Law office.

In 2016, Mr. Button earned a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) in taxation from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. During his LL.M. in taxation program, Mr. Button completed an externship with Bryan Cave, LLP, in St. Louis in its nonprofit tax law practice. Mr. Button subsequently worked as a tax associate for CliftonLarsonAllen in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a solo practitioner in a variety of areas of law, including disability law and estate planning. Immediately before starting his current practice, he worked with the Social Security Administration as an Attorney Advisor for the Administrative Law Judges in the Office of Hearing of Operations until he left in August 2020 to start MJ Button Legal and Ozark’s Disability Law.