A former law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Zach Savage is a trial and appellate lawyer who litigates complex, bet-the-company business disputes across the country.

His clients have ranged from industry leaders such as General Electric and Walmart to smaller businesses and individuals in the financial, media, sports, and technology sectors. He has litigated cases across a wide range of areas, including breach of contract, co-founder disputes, class actions, defamation, employment, insurance, international disputes, and trade secrets.

Several of his matters have attracted substantial media attention, including his current representation of Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation suits against Fox News and others, as well as his current representation of the former shareholders of Yukos Oil against the Russian Federation seeking to confirm $50 billion in arbitral awards. Zach was named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 and Under Hot List in 2022.

Some of Zach’s notable results and representations are:

• Dominion Voting Systems Defamation Suits: Zach is representing Dominion Voting Systems in its ongoing suits against Fox News (Del. Super.) and Mike Lindell (D.D.C.). In the Lindell suit, Zach secured complete dismissal of Lindell’s counterclaims against Dominion; you can read Zach’s winning briefs here and here.
• PHT Holding I LLC v. Security Life of Denver Insurance Company (D. Colo.): Zach represents a class of life insurance policyholders in breach-of-contract suit against Security Life of Denver challenging increases to cost-of-insurance charges. Zach secured class certification of a 31-state class on a state law breach-of-contract claim.
• GE v. Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (S.D.N.Y.) Zach won a breach-of-contract jury verdict for General Electric, obtaining relief valued at over $100 million. The suit, against the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority, concerned above-market interest payments under the parties’ investment contracts. The verdict was affirmed on appeal by the Second Circuit. See GE Funding Capital Markets Services, Inc. v. Nebraska Investment Finance Authority, 767 Fed. App’x 110 (2d Cir. 2019).
• Leonard v. John Hancock (S.D.N.Y) Zach secured final approval of a $123 million settlement on behalf of a class of life insurance policyholders in breach-of-contract suit against John Hancock challenging its increases to cost-of-insurance charges. Zach spoke to Law360 about the settlement in its coverage of the case (subscription required).
• Avi Dorfman v. Compass (N.Y. Supreme) Zach represented Avi Dorfman in a co-founder dispute against real estate brokerage Compass. After seven years of litigation, the parties settled on confidential terms, with Compass acknowledging Dorfman’s role as a founding team member.
• Hulley Enterprises v. Russian Federation (D.D.C.) Zach represents the former investors in Russian oil and gas company Yukos, seeking confirmation of a $50 billion arbitral award against the Russian Federation.