About Zach
Overview
Zach is a trial attorney who defends business in high-stakes civil litigation, with a focus on catastrophic injury, toxic tort, product liability, and complex commercial disputes across the transportation, construction, chemical, and energy sectors. He delivers cost-effective, early-resolution strategies while meticulously preparing each case as if it will go to trial—ensuring readiness and aggressive courtroom advocacy.
Experience
Zach has tried dozens of cases, including both bench trials to judgment and jury trials to verdict, obtained dismissals and summary judgments in complex, multi-defendant litigation, and leverages aggressive litigation strategies to negotiate from a position of strength
Representative Matters
- Achieved the dismissal of all claims against a Fortune 1000 company in a federal court case involving an alleged chemical spill, following the submission of a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss and a Motion to Stay Discovery.
- Successfully defended a Fortune 500 health insurer at trial, with the court entering judgment in favor of the client.
- Drafted and successfully argued for the enforceability of a pre-event Waiver and Indemnity Agreement in a nationally publicized case, securing a precedent-setting decision.
- Secured summary judgment for the general contractor of a multinational construction project by successfully arguing that the economic loss doctrine and acceptance rule barred the plaintiff’s negligent design and construction claims.
- Achieved summary judgment for a fire suppression business in a case involving $1 million in alleged damages, by successfully arguing that a limitation of liability clause was enforceable based on the parties’ course of dealing.
- Won summary judgment for a major transportation agency by successfully arguing that adoption and enforcement immunity, along with design immunity, barred the plaintiff’s claims of negligent design, construction, and maintenance.
Education
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law (J.D., Dean’s List Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
- University of Miami (B.A.)
Legal Memberships
- Hispanic Bar Association of Houston
- Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston
Court/Bar Admissions
- State of Texas
- State of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana
Presentations and Webinars
- Author and Presenter, Evaluating Your Case, 2023 DTCI Rookie Seminar