Biography:
Steve Zack is a Board Certified trial lawyer at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and a member of its Executive Committee. He is Past President of the American Bar Association and was the first Hispanic American to assume the ABA Presidency. He was also the first Hispanic American and the youngest person to become President of the Florida Bar.
He chaired the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative (2011 - 2015), which does work in 50 countries with a $40 million Dollar budget and over 500 lawyers on the promotion of the rule of law; he actively participates within the private sector, the judiciary and governments throughout the world.
Steve was nominated by President Barack Obama for the position of Alternate U.S. Representative to the 68th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and he served as Senior Advisor to the United States State Department.
He represented former Vice President Al Gore in the trial of Bush v. Gore and was appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to rewrite the Florida Constitution as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission in 1997. He served as Chair of the Florida Ethics Commission from 1987 to 1994.
In 2019, Steve was recognized by The American Lawyer with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of service and accomplished career.
