HIGHLIGHTS:
- Law Clerk to Hon. Colleen McMahon, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Law Clerk to Hon. D. Michael Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Former editor of The Georgetown Law Journal
- Recognized as a Rising Star in the 2017-21 editions of Super Lawyers
- Recipient of the Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award
BIO:
Zachary M. Vaughan practices complex securities litigation at the firm, where he consults with institutional clients on corporate fraud in the securities markets and on corporate-governance issues.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Vaughan spent four years as a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, where his commercial-litigation experience included representing plaintiffs in cases involving mortgage-backed securities.
PUBLICATIONS:
The Reach of the Writ: Boumediene v. Bush and the Political Question Doctrine, 99 Geo. L.J. 869 (2011); The Paradox That Wasn’t: Federal Preemption of State-Law Voice Misappropriation Claims, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 694 (2012); Contributing Author, New York Commercial Division Practice Guide, Litigation Practice Portfolio Series No. 801, Bloomberg BNA (2017)