Zachary C. Hansen

Prior to joining Early Sullivan, Zachary was a litigation associate at a national law firm, where he litigated numerous defense-side liability cases as well as complex matters involving insurance defense, employment law, public entity and general defense cases on behalf of large corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, from inception through resolution.

Zachary received his Juris Doctor in 2018 from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he also served as Senior Associate Editor of the Seton Hall Circuit Review. His journal article titled “You Don’t Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Winds Blows: An Analysis of Red-Flag Knowledge Under The DMCA” was published in the Spring 2018 Edition of the Seton Hall Circuit Review.  During law school, he served as a judicial intern for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, where he assisted in analyzing petitions in both criminal and civil matters. Additionally, Zachary worked as a research assistant at Seton Hall, then at BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, where he was involved in all aspects of music deal-making for artists. Throughout his law school career Zachary was a member of Seton Hall’s Student Bar Association, moot court team, and held an elected position in the Entertainment & Sports Law Society at Seton Hall. Zachary also participated in Seton Hall’s Criminal Defense Clinic in which he represented indigent criminal defendants on a pro bono basis in New Jersey’s Essex County Superior Court.

Before attending law school, Zachary grew up in Denver, Colorado and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Colorado State University with a minor in history.

Zachary is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Northern District of California.