SRQ Magazine | 35 Under 35 Honorees | Matthew Tympanick

MATTHEW TYMPANICK

FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL, TYMPANICK LAW, P.A.

35 Under 35 Honoree - December 2022

How did you make your start in your profession?

I started as a prosecutor in Manatee County. I tried 39 jury and non-jury trials in over 3 years working as a prosecutor including countless felonies. I found working with domestic violence victims incredibly rewarding.

Share a recent achievement for which you are the most proud.

I tried a high profile complex dog shooting trial with only two months prep which was aired around the world.

Share with us a current topic or trend that you are concerned about at the local level?

How we deal with mental illness in our criminal justice system. We do not do enough to try to fix it.

What is the first job you ever held?

Fry Cook at a local seafood restaurant.

What’s your favorite podcast or YouTube channel?

Conduct Detrimental. I am a bit biased because I write for them as well as often appear as a guest discussing sports criminal law issues.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Hallmark Christmas Movies. I know how each of them are go ing to end but they still bring a smile to my wife and my face every time we watch.

If you could ask someone any question in the world (living or the past), who would the person be and what would your question be?

Teddy Roosevelt. I am a huge national park buff. I would ask him what his favorite national park is.

What movie, show or cartoon character would you like to play in real life and why?

Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men). I must have watched that movie five hundred times in my life. I based by own trial moves on his from the final confrontation with Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson). A little secret is I often slip quotes from the movies in my real openings and closings.