Zachary N. Zaharoff

Zack Zaharoff is a senior associate at Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy and a Bay Area native. Zack represents whistleblowers in corporate fraud cases, fights to protect seniors who are victims of abuse, and represents other clients that have been preyed upon or treated unfairly.

Zack is an experienced civil litigator who cut his teeth handling commercial disputes for over five years at a premier international law firm in San Francisco and New York. He has experience leading case teams in all phases of litigation in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Prior to working at his previous firm, Zack served as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip R. Martinez, a former US District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas. Zack attended UC Berkeley for law school, where he served as a senior editor on the California Law Review and graduated at the top of his class as a member of the Order of the Coif. Zack also served as a judicial extern in the San Francisco chambers of the Honorable Michelle T. Friedland, a US Circuit Court Judge on the Ninth Circuit. He also holds a BA from the University of Washington, where he was a starting forward for the rugby team and worked as a bouncer at a local music venue.

Zack spends most of his free time chasing around his toddler and spending time with his wife, a pediatrics and psychiatry resident at Stanford. He also enjoys golf, Bay Area sports, politics, music, movies, and exploring new restaurants.