Olympian/Barrister/Arbitrator/NonExecutive Director
Whilst practicing full time since 2008 as a barrister in numerous areas of law, specialising in commercial, sports and family law disputes, and acting regularly as arbitrator in selection disputes to Australian Olympic Team nominations since 2010, Zali was appointed in 2017 as Arbitrator to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne and was selected to the AdHoc Division of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018.
Elected by her peers, Steggall served as councillor to the NSW Bar Association from 2010 to 2013 and was Chair of its Health, Sports and Recreation Committee from 2010 to 2013. She serves as a Governor of Queenwood School for Girls, Sydney, since 2017 and has extensive business and leadership experience at board level. She has been an Independent Non Executive Director of Olympic Winter Institute of Australia since 2014. She has been in Independent Non Executive Director for the Sports Australia Hall of Fame since 2014. She has been appointed as a member of the Australian Sports Anti Doping Agency (ASADA) Anti Doping Rule Violation Panel since 2014 and has been appointed to the Football NSW Appeals tribunal since 2012.