Matthew Turnour is the Managing Director of Neumann & Turnour Lawyers and heads the Corporate and Commercial Law Division of the practice.  He teaches ethics for Philanthropic and Non-profit Organisations in the nonprofit stream of the MBA course at QUT.  His PhD thesis entitled: Beyond Charity: Outlines of a Jurisprudence for Civil Society has been recommended for an Outstanding Thesis Award at QUT. His other degrees are Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland and a Master of Arts by research through QUT.  He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.  In a voluntary capacity he chairs the Board of the Salvation Army Indigenous Ministries and has a long history of involvement in the voluntary sector.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws, The University of Queensland, 1985.
Bachelor of Economics, The University of Queensland, 1983.
Master of Arts by Research in Applied Ethics, Queensland University of Technology. Thesis, entitled The Stewardship Paradigm, considers the ethical obligation imposed on those in control of resources. 
Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology 2010. Thesis, entitled Beyond Charities: Outlines of a Jurisprudence for Civil Society analysed the laws applying internationally to charities and other not for profit organisations. (Awarded a QUT Outstanding PhD Thesis Award).  

Admissions
Certificate of Admission as a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, 1987.
Certificate of Admission, Supreme Court of Queensland, 1987
Certificate, Legal Practice Management & Development, 1990
Commissioner for Declarations, No. 42933 

Fellowships and Memberships
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. AICD Company Directors Course 2009 (Awarded Diploma with Order of Merit).
Associate Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
Director, Australian Charity Law Association Ltd.
Member of Association for Research on Nonprofit Organisations and Voluntary Action (US)
Member of the Law Council of Australia, General Practice Section, (No.3879)
Member of the Queensland Law Society
Member LEADR (Lawyers Engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution)

Awards
Butterworths Lexis Nexis Prize for Advanced Legal Reasoning and Research 2003
Listed in Who's Who of Queensland since the inaugural edition in 2007
Warren Tapp Prize for the most outstanding research student thesis (Philanthrophy and Nonprofit Studies) 2009

Second Language
Indonesian - an understanding of the culture and the Indonesian approach to business was also gained when residing in Indonesia. 

Areas of Practice
Managing Director and responsible for the Corporate and Commercial Law Division of the practice. 

Practicing principally in the areas of -
Structuring of Not for Profit organisations 
Companies
Partnerships
Joint ventures 
Dispute resolution
Commercial negotiation
Tax and Liability Containment Issues
Employment and Industrial Law including confidentiality, restraint of trade, non-solicitation and protection of intellectual property.