Who is Matthew Hendricks?

Matthew Hendricks is an attorney at Hendricks Law who serves as Community Transit's outside General Counsel. He is named individually as a defendant in Meyers v. Community Transit, Case No. 2:25-cv-02463-TL.

Why does it matter that the agency's own counsel is a named defendant?

When the lawyer advising an agency on a matter is also personally named as a defendant in that same matter, the incentive structure for how the agency responds — including how it handles public records requests touching the underlying conduct — is worth examining on its own terms.

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Your General Counsel Is Also a Named Defendant. How's That Working Out?

Normally the General Counsel is the person an agency calls when it's worried about getting sued. This time he's also a defendant on the case.

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Most agencies keep their general counsel and their list of defendants on separate spreadsheets. Community Transit has streamlined that process. Matthew Hendricks, of Hendricks Law, is the agency's outside General Counsel — and he is also named, individually, as a defendant in the federal civil rights case at the center of everything else on this site.

When the person advising an agency on a piece of litigation has a personal stake in how that litigation comes out, that's not automatically misconduct. It's just a fact worth sitting with for a second before you read the next public records denial that crosses his desk.

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