Dr Matthew Storey is the Legal Principal and Director of Storey & Ward Lawyers, Mediators and Consultants. Matthew is a solicitor and legal academic who has worked with and for Traditional Owners in the areas of native title and land rights, cultural heritage, business development and natural resource management for over 25 years. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Catholic University, Thomas Moore Law School. He is also an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School, and a University Fellow at the Asia Pacific School of Business and Law, Charles Darwin University (CDU).From 2019 until 2021 Matthew worked as the Director of the Office of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council at the Victorian Department of Premier & Cabinet. Prior to working with the Aboriginal Heritage Council, he had the position of CEO at First Nations Legal and Research Services Ltd (formerly Native Title Services Victoria) from 2012 until 2019 and then as CEO of the National Native Title Council.Before commencing at First Nations, Matthew lived in the Northern Territory for nearly 25 years. While there he worked in Aboriginal land rights for many years as a Senior Crown Law Officer with the Solicitor for the Northern Territory. He also worked as Associate Professor and Head of Law at the Territory’s Charles Darwin University. He has been a Council member, then President of the Law Society of the NT and a Director of the Law Council of Australia.Matthew completed a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours course at CDU in 1995. He was also awarded the Attorney General’s Medal and University Medal in that year. Matthew subsequently completed his Graduate Diploma Legal Practice from the ANU, and a Master of Law specialising in environmental law from Macquarie University for which he was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s commendation. He holds post graduate qualifications in Adult and Vocational Education and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Energy and Natural Resources Law at the University of Melbourne. His Doctorate, in Business Administration, is from Deakin University.