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In 1998, Fridy received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo in Shelby County. In 2001, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]] from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham. At Cumberland, he was executive editor of the ''Cumberland Law Review.'' He practices in the Birmingham firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt. He is an adjunct professor of Business Law at the University of Montevallo. He is a former chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party and a member of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. He is an elder in the Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Shelby County. Fridy and his wife, the former Kimberly Arledge, have four children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149935/matt-fridy#.We_zK2hSxhE|title=Matt Fridy's Biography|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>  

In 1998, Fridy received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo in Shelby County. In 2001, he procured his [[Juris Doctor]] from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham. At Cumberland, he was executive editor of the ''Cumberland Law Review.'' He practices in the Birmingham firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt. He is an adjunct professor of Business Law at the University of Montevallo. He is a former chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party and a member of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. He is an elder in the Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Shelby County. Fridy and his wife, the former Kimberly Arledge, have four children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149935/matt-fridy#.We_zK2hSxhE|title=Matt Fridy's Biography|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>  

Before his own election to the legislature, Fridy managed the House campaigns of [[April Weaver]] and [[Kurt Wallace]].<ref name=pvs/> When the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Joseph Lister Hubbard declined to seek reelection in 2014, Fridy entered the Republican [[primary election|primary]] and defeated intra-party rival Jody Trautwein, 3,836 votes (69.2 percent) to 1,709 (30.8 percent). He then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Fridy|title=Matt Fridy|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>  

Before his own election to the legislature, Fridy managed the House campaigns of [[April Weaver]] in District 49 and [[Kurt Wallace]] in District 42 in 2010.<ref name=pvs/> When the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Joseph Lister Hubbard declined to seek reelection in 2014, Fridy entered the Republican [[primary election|primary]] and defeated intra-party rival Jody Trautwein, 3,836 votes (69.2 percent) to 1,709 (30.8 percent). He then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Matt_Fridy|title=Matt Fridy|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>  

Fridy is vice chairman of the Shelby County Legislation Committee and a member of two other panels: (1) Health and (2) Judiciary.<ref name=pvs/>

Fridy is vice chairman of the Shelby County Legislation Committee and a member of two other panels: (1) Health and (2) Judiciary.<ref name=pvs/>