Zackary T. Zuroweste

"If the story is not about the hearer, he will not listen."

–John Steinbeck

Hometown

Nashville, Tennessee

Areas of Practice

• Securities Litigation and Arbitration
• Trust Litigation
• Probate Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Personal Injury

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, 2010-2018
  • President, 2017-2018
  • President-Elect, 2016-2017
  • Chair, Technology Committee, 2013-2015
  • Chair, Moot Court Committee, 2012-2013
  • Chair, Law Student Division, 2011-2012
• Trial Lawyers College – Graduate, 2013
• Member, Trial Law Institute
• Member, Diversity Law Institute
• The Florida Bar Foundation, Fellow
• The Clearwater Bar Foundation (Trustee, 2012-2014)
• Clearwater Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • President, 2009-2010
  • President-Elect, 2008-2009
  • Secretary and Treasurer, 2007-2008
• Clearwater Bar Association, Member, 2006-Present
  • Chair, Oyster Roast Committee, 2013
  • Member, Oyster Roast Committee, 2010-2014
  • Director, 2019
• Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member, 2014-Present
• Barney Masterson American Inn of Court, 2006-2014
• Pinellas County Trial Lawyers Association
• The Florida Bar
• Assisted in the creation of Constitutional Hall at Finance Park at the Gus A. Stavros Institute, 2014
• Florida Commission on Access of Civil Justice, Business Council, Member 2018

Distinctions

• Martindale Hubbell, Peer review rating AV 
• Best Lawyers in America, 2019
• Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2011, 2013, 2014. 2016-2019
• Florida Trend's Legal Elite: Up & Comers, 2010-2013 
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2018-Present
• Avvo rating 10.0/10.0
• Tampa Bay Business Journal, People on the Move, 2012
• Most Productive Board Member Award, The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, 2014
• Recipient, Clearwater Bar Young Lawyer of the Year Award, 2010 
• Recipient, The Honorable Judge Thomas E. Penick, Jr., Award for Community Service, Barney Masterson American Inn of Court, 2008
• Recipient, Carol R. Samuels Unsung Hero Student Leadership Award, 2006
• Semi-Finalist, American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2005
• Associate Chief Justice, Stetson Moot Court Board, 2005-2006
• Member, Stetson Moot Court Board, 2004-2006
• Author, "Like a Skunk at a Lawn Party: The Bazzle Decision Hits Corporate America," Journal of American Arbitration, 2006

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 2006
• Stetson University, M.B.A., 2006
• University of Tennessee, B.S., cum laude, 2003

Admissions

• Florida
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh