About Matthew J.
Matthew J. Bilker earned his J.D. from Widener University Commonwealth Law School in 2011 after completing a B.A. in political science and journalism at Pennsylvania State University in 2007. His educational background married reporting and public affairs. That aggregate has shaped a practice that moves between authorities work and network establishments.
He launched his legal career in the courthouse. In 2013 he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable John P. Capuzzi, Sr., an experience that uncovered him to trial procedure and judicial choice-making. That identical yr he joined Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C., the place he handled matters conventional of a regional firm. He later took on editorial responsibilities for the Delaware County Legal Journal in 2015, a role that involved curating and clarifying developments in local regulation for practitioners and officers.
Bilker moved steadily into public-sector practice and local governance. He has served as Assistant County Solicitor in Delaware County’s Office of the Solicitor, advising county officials on statutory and administrative problems. He has also been lively within the Marple Newtown School District, serving on its board of administrators in 2014 and afterward the district’s Human Resources and Policy Committee as vice chairman. Those roles positioned him on the intersection of employment policy, school governance, and municipal law.
Outside official roles, Bilker participates in numerous professional and civic organizations. He is a member of the State Bar of Pennsylvania and the Delaware County Bar Association, and he sits on the executive board of the DCBA Young Lawyers’ Section. He belongs to the Guy G. deFuria Chapter of the American Inns of Court and holds membership in the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He is also concerned regionally through The Broomall Rotary Club. These memberships mirror sustained engagement with each the legal career and the communities he serves.
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Bilker combines trial experience, municipal advising, and faculty-district work in his day-to-day practice. He maintains workplaces in West Chester and Media and continues to manage things that arise at the intersection of government operations, schooling policy, and civil practice. His current practice facilities on municipal law, faculty district coverage, and related authorities affairs.
