Matthew Zilko SC is a lawyer with over 40 years of experience, including 23 years as a barrister. He has appeared as counsel in hundreds of trials in all Western Australian courts and tribunals, the Federal Court and High Court in both criminal and civil matters.
He taught law at The University of Western Australia (where he is a member of the Law School Advisory Board), Murdoch University and the University of Notre Dame.
Mr Zilko sat as a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, is an arbitrator and mediator who has conducted about 200 cases, and chairs the Legal Practice Board. He will become the parliamentary inspector of the Corruption and Crime Commission in November 2020.