Position: Partner

Areas of Practice:
Banking Litigation, Debtor-Creditor
Relations, Commercial Litigation

Education:
Hamilton College (A.B., 1971); Syracuse University (J.D., cum laude, 1974)

Professional Affiliations:
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association (Member, Banking Law Committee) and American Bar Association (Member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee and Letter of Credit Subcommittee)

Admissions:
1975, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Contact Information:
Secretary: JaneAnn Tobin
E-mail: mzeichner@zeklaw.com
Direct telephone number: (212) 826-5301

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Mark Zeichner is a founding partner of ZEK's predecessor firm. He serves today as ZEK's managing partner, a position he has held since its founding. Mark's practice focuses on financial institutions and he actively litigates on their behalf.

Mark graduated Syracuse University College of Law School, cum laude, in 1974, after earning his AB undergraduate degree at Hamilton College. In law school, Mark wrote for the law review, served on its Editorial Board as Lead Articles Editor and was elected to the Justinian Honor Society and Order of the Coif. Upon graduating from law school, Mark joined the bank litigation department of Shearman & Sterling.

He was most grateful when many of the clients he represented at Shearman & Sterling decided to become clients of the Firm as well. Mark and his partners' philosophy of providing clients with the same expertise and dedication as the major institutional law firms at relatively reasonable rates, has led to some of the worlds' most sophisticated clients making use of ZEK's services.

Mark has developed expertise in the intricacies of the Uniform Commercial Code, and the various laws relating to finance. This experience has enabled ZEK to serve as "backstop" to in-house corporate counsel in their financial, banking and commercial activities. He has also devised, along with in-house counsel for certain corporate clients, innovative programs to reduce the cost of handling legal matters while maintaining the highest of quality.

Mark has handled litigation implicating institutional fraud, the Uniform Commercial Code, real estate, letters of credit, debtor/creditor issues and other commercial matters. While he enjoys the process of all phases of litigation, he enjoys most the fixing of a legal strategy in each matter aimed at achieving results for a client through abbreviated proceedings.

Mark spends his out of court and office hours at his children's sporting events and as a dedicated, repeat volunteer at his local house of worship. He also enjoys watch and clock collecting; some of his collection is on display at the ZEK's offices.