Zachary Newman

Consistently recognized for his dynamic, passionate, and resolute approach, Zachary delivers practical, tactical, and experienced advice to a diverse clientele that includes corporate giants, global lending institutions, hedge funds and private equity firms, and corporate fiduciaries.

Zachary currently serves as the Co-Chair of Thompson Coburn's Business Litigation Group. He also is a member of the Firm's Compensation Committee and has responsibilities for lateral partner recruitment in New York.

Zachary’s skillset spans all phases of litigation, alternate dispute resolution, and pre-suit evaluation.  He is experienced in navigating legal matters across industries and jurisdictions. Zachary, known for taking cases to verdict and bench rulings in a myriad of courts, is equally adept at resolving disputes through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, with a particular focus on pre-suit evaluations, negotiations, and mediation.

Zachary’s practice is distinguished by astute problem-solving and efficient management of complex legal matters across diverse areas of law. He excels in crafting and deploying effective strategies to achieve client objectives, often called upon to resolve intricate matters where others have struggled.

Zachary has successfully handled a wide range of business matters, including business divorces and business ownership and governance disputes, contract and executive compensation disputes, commercial insurance claims, aircraft lease disputes, unfair competition and restrictive covenant cases, bankruptcy disputes, and alter ego and fraud claims.

His experience in Financial Services Litigation is vast, representing national, regional, and local banking institutions, private equity firms, and hedge funds.  He has defended lender liability, malfeasance, unlawful practice, and deceptive trade claims, as well as prosecuted defaults under multimillion-dollar credit facilities, resolved participation, subscription, and intercreditor disputes, and engaged in disputed and complex judgment enforcement matters. 

Zachary also has extensive aptitude in Fiduciary Litigation matters navigating investment-related claims, breach of fiduciary duty claims, and contested accountings with precision largely for major financial institutional fiduciaries. 

In addition to having significant trial court experience in numerous states, Zachary has led motion and appeals before the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division of the State of New York, the Court of Appeals for the State of New York, Florida District Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and the First, Second, and Fifth Federal Circuits Courts of Appeals.

With three decades of substantive experience, Zachary is a thought leader in his field. He regularly speaks on a range of topics, sharing his expertise on "best lending" practices, lender liability, evidentiary issues, e-discovery, trusts and estates litigation, art loans, the rights of art consignors, and judgment enforcement. He has been a featured speaker at prestigious organizations such as the American Bar Association, Business Law Section and Litigation Section, the New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the New York Law Journal.

Zachary is active in the legal community, specifically the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation. He has served in multiple capacities, most recently on the governing Council shaping policy and guiding one of the ABA's largest and most active groups—the premier organization for trial lawyers in the United States, Co-Chair of the Corporate Counsel Committee and Co-Chair of the Business Litigation Committee.

Zachary's track record reflects notable successes in high-stakes cases for his financial, corporate, and individual clients.