Matthew Zorn

Matthew (Matt) Zorn currently serves as Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a position he has held since May 2025. Before entering HHS, Matt served for 13 years as a trial and appellate litigator and former partner at Yetter Coleman LLP in Houston, TX, where his practice focused on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on IP, antitrust, and administrative law matters. Before joining Yetter Coleman, Matt clerked for the Hon. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, helping manage the busiest patent docket in the country.

Matt is also recognized as a national authority on legal issues relating to controlled substances. In that area, he led numerous successful lawsuits against federal agencies and state governments, including against HHS, DOJ, and the DEA, challenging agency rules and enforcement actions on behalf of scientists, physicians, military veterans. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, where he taught the school's first course on cannabis and psychedelics law.

Matt has received national recognition for his work. His high-profile cases and commentary have been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and major media outlets. Before entering government service, he received the top band ranking in Psychedelics Law from Chambers USA 2024, with his firm also securing a top national ranking in the same area during his tenure. The American Lawyer previously named Matt a finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year (Litigation), and the American Inns of Court named him a 2020 Pegasus Scholar.