My name is Zara, and I've been making arguments since I was a little girl. I’ve been getting paid for it since 2007.  

My family and friends once thought I was hopelessly argumentative, until they realized making arguments is what I do best. It was only natural that I would end up arguing for a living.

I hung up my digital shingle after honing my legal research and analysis skills at Georgetown Law Center (graduating in 2003) and as a corporate bankruptcy associate at an international Big Law firm in midtown Manhattan, Torys LLP. That's where I learned to write clearly and persuasively – from some of the best and brightest in the legal profession. 

To my eye, argument-making is a refined intellectual exercise. It is also an art, one that requires more than technical knowledge. By focusing exclusively on appeals, complex motions, and oral arguments, I get to combine my trained legal analysis with my creative instinct to help lawyers and clients with their cases.

I love making arguments, but I’m also an intrepid world traveler, having visited 63 countries and counting, with long stints in Spain, Japan, India, Ghana, Colombia, Uruguay, and Israel. Interacting with people from so many different cultures has given me unique insight into the minds of others, which serves me well when I’m anticipating the argument that will be the most persuasive.

I’m also an avid practitioner of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. In addition to keeping my stress levels down, my decades-long meditation practice aids in my argument-making by keeping my mind focused and clear. I also enjoy learning languages (currently working on Russian), reading novels, gardening, and trying new recipes in my Instant Pot.

I am admitted to practice before the courts of:

• New York

• Florida (inactive status)

• the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

• the Second Circuit

• the United States Supreme Court