Matthew J. Sharbaugh was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in October 2024.  Judge Sharbaugh was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware.  He earned a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, from Berklee College of Music, and he earned a J.D., summa cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Pepperdine Law Review.

Judge Sharbaugh was previously a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Washington, DC, with a practice focused on employment litigation and appeals, as well as other complex civil litigation and a variety of pro bono matters.  Earlier in his career, Judge Sharbaugh spent several years with the law firm Littler Mendelson, P.C. in Los Angeles, California.  From there, Judge Sharbaugh served twice as a law clerk to Judge Robert L. Wilkins, first on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and then on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  Judge Sharbaugh also spent several years following his clerkships teaching legal research and writing as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School.