As a committed employee rights lawyer, Zach has helped recover tens of millions of dollars for working people across an array of industries and professions. He has successfully litigated individual and class action cases against some of the world’s largest multinational corporations. Crucially, Zach brings honesty, trustworthiness, and conscientiousness to his work with each client.
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Zach enjoys solving the factual and legal issues that clients grapple with and has played key roles in litigation victories advancing and protecting employee rights. For example, Zach played an integral role on the trial team that won liability against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a landmark disparate impact case that resolved on a class basis for $40 million. He has helped set numerous precedents in favor of employees across the country. See, e.g., Hager v. Omnicare, Inc., No. 5:19-CV-00484, 2021 WL 5311307 (S.D.W. Va. Nov. 15, 2021) (“Mr. Rubin has a growing track record of obtaining successful client outcomes and helping to establish favorable precedents for workers’ rights.”).
Zach has also represented individuals and classes of employees against some of the world’s largest companies. One of these cases made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court where the Court held in a unanimous opinion that workers need not work in the transportation industry to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act under the “transportation worker” exemption. See
Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, No. 23-51, 601 U.S.___; 2024 WL 1588708, at *2 (U.S. Apr. 12, 2024). His substantial experience litigating and working on appeals against well-resourced companies has helped him develop various strategies for advancing the key issues in a case. -
Zach has worked at one of the nation’s preeminent employee rights firms in Boston (with a focus on class and collective actions) and a prominent union-side labor and employment law firm in Connecticut. The substantial experience and mentoring he received in these roles grew his skills as a litigator, and he has been recognized by colleagues and peers for his talented advocacy.
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Zach was named a Rising Star in 2021-2025 by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers. Importantly, Zach prides himself on his effective client communication and relationship building and his empathy-driven approach to his work.
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Zach received his B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Zach is a member of the State Bars of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts (and numerous federal district courts in those jurisdictions). He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits.