Zack Sandman
Zack is formerly a litigation associate at one of the largest plaintiffs-side firms in the country, where he began his career litigating a groundwater contamination case in California involving the exposure of hundreds of students and faculty to the toxic substance Trichloroethylene (TCE).
Following the historic Butte Wildfire, which burned more than 7,000 acres and destroyed nearly 575 homes near San Andreas, California, Zack traveled into the heart of fire country to meet with those devastated by the failure of Pacific Gas and Electric to properly maintain their electrical wires in thickly wooded areas. When fires caused by negligently maintained electrical lines again destroyed hundreds of homes throughout Malibu and Agoura, California, in 2018, Zack traveled weekly to meet with his clients and prepare their claims against Southern California Edison for mediation. Zack has also represented public entities, at the state and city level, in water contamination litigation involving toxic PCBs. Zack was part of the team that secured a landmark $743 million dollar settlement against Monsanto to repair state and municipal stormwater systems.
Zack has drafted dispositive, evidentiary and discovery motions in state and federal court, defended dozens of depositions, and answered and propounded thousands of discovery requests in high-profile environmental, products liability, and antitrust litigations. Over the course of his career, Zack has learned the ins and outs of our tort system by litigating multidistrict litigations and class action lawsuits against some of the largest corporations in the world.
Zack graduated from Boston College Law School in 2015, and from Vanderbilt University, cum laude, in 2009. He is admitted to practice in New York and the Northern District of Texas.
Zack enjoys hiking with his dogs, tinkering with his motorcycle, and taking road trips with his wife and two daughters.