Emilios Kyrou (Greek: Αιμίλιος Κύρου; born 8 November 1959) AO is a Greek-Australian jurist and former lawyer.
Before his appointment to the Supreme Court of Victoria, Kyrou was a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons), where his areas of practice included insurance law, government law and dispute resolution.
Kyrou is the author of several leading legal texts, a commentator on law reform and supporter of pro bono work.
Emilios Kyrou was born in 1959 in the village of Sfikia, Imathia, Greece.
In 1990, Kyrou moved to Mallesons Stephen Jaques where he served as a partner for 17 years before he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
In 2012, Kyrou published a partial autobiography titled Call Me Emilios about his experiences as a child migrant.
Kyrou is the only Greek-born judge to have been appointed to a superior court in Australia.
He is also the second practising solicitor to be appointed directly as a justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Of particular note, the President of Greece awarded Justice Kyrou the Gold Cross of the Order of Merit for service to the Greek-Australian community in 2015.
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