Marc Zell

L. Marc Zell (born February 24, 1953) is a Washington, DC born attorney, currently based in Israel.

Graduated with an A.B. from Princeton University (1974) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1977). After clerking at the Maryland Court of Appeals for a year (1977–1978), Zell joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman as an associate (1978–1981).

In 1986 he formed the law firm Feith & Zell, P.C. with Douglas Feith, who served later as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001-2005.

In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family in 1988 to the Judean mountain town of Alon Shvut.

After Douglas Feith left law practice to work at the Pentagon in 2001, Zell partnered with Bernel Goldberg to form Zell, Goldberg & Co with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and affiliate offices in Washington, DC, Russia and Europe.

In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group, the first international law firm in Iraq since the founding of the Republic, as Partner for International Marketing.

Zell speaks eight languages: English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch and Yiddish. His areas of professional concentration are: Corporate law and finance; securities law; intellectual property law and high-tech; internet and computer law; government procurement law; competition law.

External links

• Profile on FANDZ International Law Group website
• Friends of the family Guardian story about Chalabi family connections from September 2003
• How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons A Salon story about Ahmed Chalabi
• L. Marc Zell responds to the above Salon story
• A "Settler's" History of "Settlements"