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title: Matthew B. Roberts
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# Matthew B. Roberts

*Matthew B. Roberts is a solo practitioner in Los Angeles. He runs a paperless civil litigation practice entirely on Free and Open-Source Software.*

### Articles written by this author:

## [Open the garden gates](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march/open-the-garden-gates "Open the garden gates")

Making the case for LA courts to accept e-filing of open-source document formats – ending the tyranny of Microsoft Word

[Matthew B. Roberts](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/matthew-b-roberts "Matthew B. Roberts")

[2026 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2026-march)