Phone:		510.834.6600
Fax:		510.808.4691
E-mail:		ZWasserman@wendel.com

Practice Areas

• Real Estate
• Public Agency
• Business
• Non-profit Corporations
  

Experience

Zack works with private businesses and public agencies to negotiate and draft complex real estate and financial structures. Working frequently with state and local regulatory and permitting agencies, he represents clients before a variety of administrative bodies to enable clients to complete some of the region’s most intriguing projects. Among these were a 14-story, 220- unit residential building in Jack London Square and the creative vertical subdivision of the Oakland YWCA, rescuing the "Y" from bankruptcy and saving a Julia Morgan building.

In addition, Zack has served as general counsel to the Alameda County Transportation Authority since its inception in 1987. He serves as general counsel to the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, as well as to several non-profit corporations and foundations engaged in technology transfer and scientific development.

An active member of the East Bay Community, Zack has donated hundreds of hours of his time to committees and programs designed to enhance the economic development of Oakland and surrounding communities.

Admissions

• State Bar of California
  

Affiliations

• Oakland Chamber of Commerce
  • General Counsel, 2003 to present
  • Board of Directors, 1994 to 2001
  • Leadership Oakland; chair, 1998 to present
• East Bay Economic Development Alliance
  • General Counsel, Executive Committee, 1994 to present
• Oakland Charter Review Committee
  
  • Chair, 2003
• Oakland Workforce Investment Board
  • Executive Committee; member, 2000 to present
• Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence
  • General Counsel, 1995 to present
  • Chairman, 1995 to 1998
• Port of Oakland
  • Board of Commissioners, 1987 to 1990
• Bay Area Partnership
  • Chair, 1984 to 1993
• Alameda County Bar Association
  • Member
• State Bar of California
  • California State Bar Real Property Journal, Managing Editor, 1995
    

Publications

• "Landowner, Developer Must Forge Partnership That is a Marriage," East Bay Business Times, June 13, 2008
• “Clients Receive Top Honors,” The Wendel Report, Fall 2006
• Land Use Law Update Roundtable, participant, California Lawyer, July 2003

Speaking and Teaching

• "Forming and Managing Commercial TICs," Urban Land Institute, May 20, 2008

Awards / Recognition

• Inaugural recipient of the "East Bay Vision Award," East Bay Economic Development Alliance, January 2003
  
• Volunteer of the Year Award, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, 1998
  

Education

• Stanford University School of Law; J.D. (1972)
• University of California, Santa Cruz; B.A. in Politics, with honors (1969)