Matthew Joseph Jasen (December 13, 1915 – February 4, 2006) was an American lawyer and politician.
He took a special wartime course at Harvard University's Civil Affairs Training School, and during the later part of World War II, was a Military Government Officer in Europe.
In 1957, he was appointed by Governor W. Averell Harriman to the New York Supreme Court (8th District) to fill a vacancy.
In 1978, his was one of the seven names on the list submitted to Governor Hugh L. Carey from which to choose the new Chief Judge,[1] but Lawrence H. Cooke was selected.
He retired from the Court of Appeals at the end of 1985 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.