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Zachary Smith

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Sacramento

916.558.6083

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Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • All Courts of the State of California

Experience

Zac is a member of Weintraub Tobin’s Litigation practice group.

He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and, for more than 45 years, has conducted jury trials, bench trials, and arbitration hearings in a broad range of cases and a variety of settings. He has extensive experience in business litigation generally and represents professionals and fiduciaries, including architects, engineers, real estate brokers, trustees, and attorneys. In addition, Zac has represented institutional and private lenders, developers, contractors, retailers, manufacturers, and corporate employers.

Zac serves as a judge pro tem, arbitrator, and mediator for the Placer County Superior and Municipal Courts, the Nevada County Superior Court, the El Dorado County Superior Court, and the American Arbitration Association as well as for private individuals and entities.

Before Zac’s legal work, he was a carpenter for a residential home builder in the Santa Clara Valley and an English teacher at Head-Royce School in Oakland, California.

Representative Matters

Trials of multi-million-dollar trust disputes.

  • Litigation and settlement of complex insurance coverage and claims handling matters.
  • Trial of a major financial fraud case resulting in a multi-million-dollar verdict for the client.
  • Service as mediator and arbitrator in various professional malpractice actions, complaints against fiduciaries and business disputes.

American Board of Trial Advocates
Elected 2006

American Bar Association
Member

American Arbitration Association
Member since 1984

Meritas, Sacramento
Member

Awards

Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyer List, 2018 – Business Litigation

Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar, 2018-2019

AV Preeminent® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®

J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1977

Traynor Honor Society

B.A., Stanford University, 1973

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