Matthew R. Sorrentino focuses his practice on health care, general corporate and business, and real estate law. In addition to being a member of the firm’s Management Committee, Matt currently serves as Lehigh County solicitor, managing a staff of 18 full- and part-time staff attorneys for the County.
Matt has served as lead counsel in numerous real estate and commercial acquisition transactions involving institutional health care providers. He has led the development and implementation of the Lehigh Valley's major health care joint ventures including MRI centers, ambulatory surgical centers and several medical office buildings.
Early in his career, Matt was lead defense counsel for various municipalities handling several seminal cases before the appellate courts in the development of Pennsylvania's Municipal Subdivision Tort Claims Act.
Matt serves as general counsel to Lehigh Valley Health Network, the region's largest health care provider and employer. He also serves as general counsel to: Health Network Laboratories, a regional clinical laboratory with annual revenue in excess of $100 million; Lehigh Valley Physician Group, a multi-specialty, nonprofit physician practice with in excess of 400 physicians; and Anchor Health Properties, LLC, a national developer of innovative facilities dedicated to health and wellness. Matt and his wife currently serve as Co-Chairs of the President’s Society of Lehigh Valley Health Network.
Matt has been selected as one of the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2010 in the Health Care section, an honor he has received for the past five years.
Matt finds relaxation in shooting skeet and sporting clays and playing golf. He is very active in the community serving as member of the Board of Observers for Muhlenberg College, chair on the board of Communities in Schools, and as past-chair of the board of the Da Vinci Center of Science and Technology.Areas of Practice
Corporate
Health Care
Real Estate & Land Use
Banking & Financial Services
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court
District of Eastern Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals
Education
Villanova University,
J.D., 1975
Muhlenberg College, A.B., 1966
Professional Affiliations
Pennsylvania Society of Health Care Attorneys
Northampton Bar Association
Lehigh County Bar Association
Member of the American Health Lawyers Association