{"id":20,"date":"2026-07-05T04:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palazzoloandassociates.com.au\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:42:19","slug":"principal-lawyer-western-sydney-palazzolo-associates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palazzoloandassociates.com.au\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Our People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class='avia-team-member   '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class='team-img-container'><img class='avia_image avia_image_team' src='https:\/\/www.palazzoloandassociates.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matthew-Palazzolo.jpg' alt='Matthew Palazzolo'  itemprop=\"image\"  \/><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name'   itemprop=\"name\" >Matthew Palazzolo<\/h3><div class='team-member-job-title '   itemprop=\"jobTitle\" >Principal Solicitor (BA LLB GRADDIP LEGPRAC)<\/div><div class='team-member-description '  itemprop=\"description\"  ><p>Matthew Palazzolo is the principal of the firm and comes from a long line of legal practitioners. Matthew was raised in the Macarthur region on a property in Leppington and his parents were local nursery owners and ceramic tile importers. The Palazzolo family have been living and working in the Macarthur area since the 1970\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew attended schools locally in Menangle, Camden and Campbelltown and commenced his tertiary education in Wollongong and finished his education via correspondence through the University of New England.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew has practised law with large Sydney and National firms along with regional country experience developed in Wagga Wagga New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew is well known for being an approachable lawyer that is willing to go out of his way to get a job done properly no matter how big or small. He will attend on people at home, nursing homes, hospitals, job sites and wherever else he is required.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew has worked with the big \u2018fast food\u2019 law firms and is committed to provide small country quality service with big city knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Palazzolo has the following appointments:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales;<\/li>\n<li>Solicitor of the High Court of Australia;<\/li>\n<li>Legal Aid Civil Law panel;<\/li>\n<li>Independent Review Office (IRO) approved service provider for Workers Compensation Claims;<\/li>\n<li>Forum Facilitator as appointed with Attorney General and Justice pursuant to the Criminal Procedure Regulation 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Outside of the Law, Matthew enjoys spending time with his family, hosting family gatherings and trips away.<\/p>\n<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >Palazzolo &amp; Associates<\/span><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our People - Palazzolo &amp; Associates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet our Principal Lawyer in Western Sydney at Palazzolo &amp; Associates. 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