Matthew J. Fader (born 1973) is an American lawyer serving as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland since 2022.

[1] He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1995, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

[1] On October 6, 2017, governor Larry Hogan announced the appointment of Fader to serve as a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

[1][5] On February 17, 2022, Governor Hogan announced the appointment of Fader to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to the seat vacated by judge Joseph M. Getty when he reached mandatory retirement age on April 14, 2022.

[8] The Maryland Senate confirmed his nomination on March 15, 2022,[7] and he was sworn in as Chief Justice on April 15, 2022.