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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
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.
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