Matthew Fridy
Judge
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Matt Fridy is a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Prior to his election to the Court in 2020, Judge Fridy was a lawyer with Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, where his practice focused on appellate litigation, constitutional law, campaign finance, business litigation, and agricultural law. Judge Fridy also served as a staff attorney on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Judge Fridy is a 2001 magna cum laude graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. While in law school, he served as Executive Editor of the Cumberland Law Review. After law school, Judge Fridy served a one-year federal clerkship for United States District Judge Edwin Nelson. In 2014, Judge Fridy was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the citizens of District 73, which comprised parts of Montevallo, Alabaster, Pelham, and Helena. In the Legislature, he served as Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution, Campaigns, and Elections; Chairman of Shelby County Legislation; Vice Chairman of the Judiciary Committee; and Chairman of the Subcommittees on Civil Law and Healthcare Costs. He was reelected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and resigned from the House in 2020 upon his election to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.
Judge Fridy previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the University of Montevallo. He is a Trustee of the University of Montevallo, a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, a member of the Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, and a member of the Board of Directors of Shelby Emergency Assistance. He is also a member of the Federalist Society. Judge Fridy and his wife Kimberly met while students at the University of Montevallo. Kimberly is a pharmacist, and the couple has five children — Jack, Beth, Cate, Emmy, and Mae. They reside in Pelham and attend Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Montevallo, where Judge Fridy serves as an elder on the session.
