Matthew Erdman graduated cum laude from Lewis & Clark Law School.  While at Lewis & Clark, he focused on tax and business law, earning a Certificate in Federal Taxation.  Eager to solve problems and help clients, he participated in the Lewis and Clark Low Income Taxpayer Clinic and Small Business Legal Clinic.  He also worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Jack Bogdanski and volunteer law clerk for the Hood River District Attorney's office on a complex prosecution of a corporate defendant.  He continues practicing in the public interest as the Director and Qualified Tax Expert of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic at El Programa Hispano.