Curriculum
Vitae
Martindale-Hubbell rating: A/V
A.B. History, U.C. Berkeley, 1971
Hastings College Of The Law, Juris
Doctorate Degree, 1974
Admitted to the California Bar December
18, 1974
l979 to
l983, Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco Sub-Committee On Enforcement of Arbitration Awards
S.F.
Bar Association Award Of Merit, 12/17/86
1983 to l990, Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco,
Committee On Arbitration of Fee Disputes (Executive Committee: 1990 to present)
Current
Chair, Bar Association of San Francisco Committee on Arbitration of Partnership Dissolutions and Fee Disputes
Between Attorneys
Former
Member, State Bar Committee on Mandatory Arbitration (Two Terms)
Marin
County Bar Assn. Committees: CLE (Past & Current Chair) & Programs
Court Appointed Arbitrator: Attorney fee dispute: Wallach v. Baum, S. F. Sup. Ct. No. 958549.
BASF Appointed Chief Arbitrator: Attorney fee dispute: Raiders v. Alioto & Alioto
Expert Witness: Zinicola v. Payne, Sacramento Sup. Ct. No. 02AS02282
(2004)
Expert Witness Declaration: Del Carlo v. First
Commercial Bank, S. Clara Sup. Ct. #684298
Expert Witness deposition and declaration: Ford v. Bibel, et al., SF Sup. No. CGC 007-465901 (2010)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 1, 1985 to Present: Private practice,
Law Offices of David M. Zeff. Counsel and litigation re: partnership dissolutions, unfair competition, trade secrets,
antitrust, trademark, trade name and copyright infringement, trade regulation, class actions, fraudulent tax shelters
(IRC 419), real property and condo law, plaintiff and defendant personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, wrongful
eviction, attorney-client fee disputes, attorney malpractice and areas described below.
December 1, 1983 to April 1, 1985: Private practice, Wallock
& Zeff. Counsel and litigation re: insurance bad faith, personal injury, wrongful termination, class actions, real
property, construction and landlord/tenant. Continued practice in the areas of antitrust and trade regulation, unfair competition,
trade secrets, servicemarks and trademarks, contracts and commercial litigation.
September 1, 1979 to November 30, 1983: Founding partner, Froneberger, Bonner & Zeff.
Business litigation, antitrust, trade regulation, federal energy law, tort and contract litigation, corporate, personal injury,
landlord/tenant and family law.
June 1978
to August, 1979: Safeway Stores, Incorporated. One of seven attorneys in the office of the General Counsel. Shared
responsibility with Senior Attorney Bernat Rosner (now Retired General Counsel) in advertising and promotional allowances,
antitrust compliance, management of the defense and prosecution of antitrust cases, class actions, ICC, FTC, Canadian and
state trade regulation hearings and compliance, grand jury matters, mergers and acquisitions.
August, 1975 to June, 1978: Boone, Schatzel, Hamrick & Knudsen:
Associate in a practice of antitrust, patent and commercial litigation. Participated in antitrust and lender liability multi-district
litigation as co-counsel with the Alioto firm representing Falstaff Brewing Corporation and Alaska Airlines.
August, 1974 to March, 1976: United States District Court, District of Minnesota. Court Administrator and
Counsel to the Special Master in the Consumer Antibiotic Antitrust Cases. Assisted Judge Miles W. Lord
and Special Master David M. Lebedoff in managing the consumer class settlement distribution for California, Hawaii, Oregon,
Utah, Washington and Kansas. Legal counsel and administrator of the Court's rebate of more than twenty-eight million dollars
to nearly 880,000 consumers in the six states.
OTHER
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
June
1973 to April 1974: California Office of the Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Graduate Student Assistant.
June 1972 to August 1972: State Bar of California.
Legislative researcher and analyst. Assistant on disciplinary proceedings.
