Zachary D. Wechsler
Top rated Professional Liability attorney in Torrance, California
Law Office of Zachary D. Wechsler, APC
Practice Areas: Professional Liability, Administrative Law; view more
Licensed in California since: 1998
Education: Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024 Call today:
855-960-5777
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21515 Hawthorne BlvdSte 610
Torrance, CA 90503 Visit website
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The owner of his own law firm, the Law Office of Zachary D. Wechsler, APC, based in Torrance, California, Zachary D. Wechsler focuses his practice representing Attorneys facing State Bar discipline or investigations and applicants to the State Bar. Â
Mr. Wechsler is a former two-term President of the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel ("ADDC"), and served on the State Bar of California's Committee of Bar Examiners. Other matters he has handled have included ethics consultations for attorneys and law firms, drafting opinion letters, work as an expert witness and service as a Special Master for the Los Angeles County Superior Courts. Mr. Wechsler's successful track record in all of his professional endeavors have earned him the respect of his fellow attorneys, as evidenced by his receipt of a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo.
Majoring in philosophy and government, Mr. Wechsler attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1977. Several years later, he decided to pursue a legal career, and he enrolled at Loyola Law School. Upon being awarded his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1998, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Mr. Wechsler served as a deputy attorney general for the California Department of Justice before entering private practice. He is admitted to practice only in California and before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Practice areas
Professional Liability: Defense, Administrative LawFocus areas
Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Licensing
First Admitted: 1998, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.zdwlaw.com/About/Zachary-D-Wechsler.shtml
- Former Member, California Appellate Project
- Organized luncheon for members of the State Bar's Office of Chief Trial Counsel and their opposites, members of the ADDC, their first gathering in years. Also organized MCLE conference for ADDC members., 2019
- Former Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court pro-bono and paid mediation and arbitration panel
- Former Attorney member, Committee of Bar Examiners, 2000 - 2004
- State Bar of California, Special Master
- Member, State Bar of California
- Former two-term President, Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (ADDC), 2016 – 2018
- Member, California Academy of Attorneys for Health Care Professionals (CAAHCP)
- Member, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
- Member, American Association of Nurse Attorneys
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- Member, American Bar Association
- Founding member, Academy of Professional Licensing Attorneys
- Attorney Member, Committee of Bar Examiners, 2000 - 2004
- Wesleyan University, B.A., Major: Philosophy and Government, 1977
- Confidential
- Baker v. Gourley, 81 Cal.App.4th 1167, 97 Cal.Rptr.2d 451 (Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 2, California 2000)
- Legal Ethics and Federal Bankruptcy presented in conjunction with Brooke Schaffer of the State Bar of California, Guest Lecturer, Federal Bar Assn, 2015
- Speaker, CLE on Substance Abuse and Diversity, State Bar Convention, 2007
- Lecture on Attorney Ethics to the California Academy of Attorneys Helping Healthcare Professionals, October 2017
- Lecture, Beverly Hills Family Law Symposium, Dec. 2, 2016
- Special Master - Los Angeles County Superior Court., 2018
- Selected as a 2019 SuperLawyer for Ethical Responsibility and Professional Liability Defense., Voted member of SuperLawyers, SuperLawyers, 2019
- Vice President, St. Thomas Moore Honor Society, Loyola Law School
- Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Writing and Corporations, Loyola Law School
- Recipient, Faculty Academic Honors Scholarship, Loyola Law School
- Attorneys
- Bar Applicants
- Law Firms
- LCSWs
- MFTs
- Nurses
- Other Health Care Professionals
- other professional licensees
- Physician applicants
- Physicians
- Psychologists
These comments were made by fellow attorneys during the annual nomination process.
“A knowledgeable, ethical, and hardworking attorney. I had the pleasure of knowing him and having a first-hand knowledge of the quality of his work for many years. He is an expert in administrative law and ethics and professional responsibility and is currently a California State Bar defense attorney.”
“I nominate:Zachary D. Wechsler, Esq. LAW OFFICE OF ZACHARY D. WECHSLER, APC21515 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 610Torrance, CA 90503www.zdwlaw.comMr. Wechsler represents attorneys on ethical matters and in the State Bar Courts in California. I met him during my service on the California Committee of Bar Examiners. Wechsler is a fine attorney.”
“Practice area: Professional License Defense and State Bar Proceedings”
Office location for Zachary D. Wechsler
21515 Hawthorne Blvd
Ste 610
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 855-960-5777
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2024
