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L. Marc Zell, born Washington D.C., 24 February, 1953; admitted, 1977, Maryland and U.S. Tax Court and other U.S. federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts; 1981, District of Columbia; 1982, Virginia; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court, 1987, Israel.  Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1974); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1977).  Author, with C. Rubin, “Israeli Public Procurement Law” in International Government Contract Law (Oceana 1999); with S. Shnyder, “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the United States,” Israel Export Institute (1999) [Hebrew and English]; Editor, Maryland International Trade Law Journal. Author with B. Goldberg, “Israeli Intellectual Property Law,” in D. Campbell (ed.) International Protection of Intellectual Property, Salzburg, 1995; with G. Miron, “Israel Restrictive Business Practices Act of 1988,” International Merger Law Journal, 1992; “Constitutional Aspects of State Regulation of Low-Level Nuclear Wastes,” in H. Greene, Energy Law Series, Callaghan 1980; “International Government Procurement Law Materials,” Federal Publications, 1986.  Lecturer, International Government Procurement Law, Federal Publications, 1981-1986.  Member, Board of Directors:  Jewish Agency, Real Estate Participations Ltd.; Bank Idud; Willifood International Ltd. Chairman, Israel Community Development Foundation.  Partner and Chairman, International Department, Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co., 1990-1999.  Founding Member, Feith & Zell, P.C., Washington, D.C., 1986 -- Associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman, Washington, D.C., 1978-1981.  Law Clerk, Hon. Irving A. Levine, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1977-1978.  Languages:  English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch and Yiddish. Areas of Concentration:  Corporate law and finance; securities law; intellectual property law and high-tech; internet and computer law; government procurement law; competition law.
E-mail: mzell@fandz.comff@fandz.com

Carl M. Sherer, born Boston, Massachusetts, 8 February, 1957; admitted, 1985, New York; 1992, Israel. Education: Columbia University (B.A., Political Science, 1978); New York University (M.B.A., Finance and International Business, 1984; J.D., with honors, 1984). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Partner, Silber, Schottenfels, Gerber & Sherer, 1999-2002. Assistant General Counsel, Israel Securities Authority, 1994-1997. Associate, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Schulte Roth & Zabel, 1984-1991. Languages: English and Hebrew. Areas of Concentration: International Corporate Finance; International Securities Law; International Commercial Law.
E-mail: cmsherer@fandz.com

Jeffrey E. Michels, born New York, New York, 20 November, 1963; admitted, 1990, New York; 1992, United States District Court, Southern District of New York; 1992, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; and 1999, Israel. Education: Union College (B. A., Economics, 1986); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1989).  Assistant District Attorney, The New York County District Attorney’s Office, 1989-1991; Senior Associate, Litigation Department, Leahey & Johnson, P.C., New York City, 1992-1997. Israel: Goldfarb, Levy, Eran & Co., 1998-1999; Associate, Balter, Guth, Aloni & Co., 1999.  Languages: English and Hebrew. Areas of Concentration:  Corporate law; commercial law; transnational litigation and arbitration. 
E-mail: jmichels@fandz.com

Sheldon Schorer, born Ulm, Germany, 1948, admitted, 1973, New York; admitted 1973, United States District Court for the Southern District and Eastern District of New York, admitted 1981, Israel..  Education: Yeshiva University (B.A. 1969); Yeshiva University (B.H.L. 1969), Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Boston University School of Law, New York University (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M. Taxation, 1979), Editor, New York University Journal Of International Law & Politics, Author of Note, "Tariff Surcharges and Article II of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade", 5 New York University Journal of International Law & Politics 341 (1972). Attorney, Frankle & Greenwald, New York, 1973-1976, Attorney, Ofer & Freitag, Advocates Tel-Aviv, Lecturer in Law, The College of Management School of Law, 1995-present, Lecturer and Manager, New York State Bar Review Course in Tel-Aviv, 1999-present. Languages:  English, Hebrew, Yiddish and French.  Areas of Concentration: Commercial law; real estate law, family law, U.S. labor law, local and transnational litigation and arbitration.
E-mail: sschorer@netvision.net.il

Jeremy Cohn, born London, England, 25 March, 1964; admitted, 1991, Israel.  Education: Balliol College, Oxford University (Williams Exhibitioner, 1982; B.A. (Hons.), Jurisprudence, 1985).  Author: Articles and Reviews in Hebrew for several Israeli tax journals.  Lecturer: Tax Law and Commercial Law, Israel Bar, 1991.  Law Clerk to Justices Orr and Netanyahu, Supreme Court of the State of Israel, 1989-1990; Law Clerk to the District Attorney for Jerusalem and the Southern Region, 1990-1991; Assistant Legal Advisor, Israel Income Tax Commission, 1991-1995; Specialist Consultant, Taxes, Trusts and Estates, Criminal Litigation, 1995.  Military Service: Commissioned Officer, Israel Defense Force, Reserves.  Languages: English, Hebrew, German and Yiddish.  Areas of Concentration:  Taxation; international tax planning; trusts and estates; tax litigation. 
E-mail: jcohn@fandz.com

Howard B. Linett, born Derby, Connecticut, 1949; admitted, 1982 Connecticut; 1990 District of Columbia; 1997 Israel.  Education: Lafayette College (B.A., Government & Law, 1971); University of Massachusetts (M.S., Labor Studies, 1973); University of Bridgeport School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982).  Author, “Bad Cases Make Bad Law: Markham v. Geller,” 11 JOURNAL OF LAW & EDUCATION 557 (1982); “Banks and Collective Bargaining: The ‘Appropriate Bargaining Unit’ Question,” 100 THE BANKING LAW JOURNAL 804 (1983).  Lecturer:  Legal Skills/Negotiations and Contract/Land Law, East London University School of Law, Haifa Branch (1999).  Mediator and Coordinator of Cross-Cultural Mediation Cases, Jerusalem Mediation & Arbitration Center of the Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies (1998-2001).  Partner, Linett and Walsh, Connecticut, 1982-1989; In-House Counsel, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, Washington, D.C., 1989-1990; Attorney/Contract Administrator, Representation Department, Airline Pilots Association, International, Washington, D.C., 1990-1995;  Israel, Legal Intern, Office of General Counsel, Histadrut Trade Union Department, Jerusalem, 1996-1997.  Areas of Concentration: alternative dispute resolution; collective bargaining; import/export regulation and firearms law.
E-mail: hlinett@fandz.com.

Neil J. Saltzman, born New York 1968; admitted 1999, Israel; admitted 2003, New York. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1991), Hebrew University, Jerusalem (L.L.B., 1998). Law Clerk to Chief Justice Stephen Adler of the National Labor Court of Israel, 1998-1999; Partner, Saltzman and Freedman, Jerusalem, 1999-2003. Languages: English, Hebrew. Areas of Concentration: Civil litigation; transnational bankruptcy and insolvency law; employment law; transnational family law.
E-mail: nsaltzman@fandz.com

Craig Weiss, born Poughkeepsie, New York, 1973; admitted 1999, Arizona; admitted 2001, U.S. Patent Bar.  Education: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (B.A., Philosophy, 1995); Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (J.D., 1999).  Author: "I Am My Brother's Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel's War for Independence 1947-1949".  Associate,  Weiss & Moy.  Languages: English and Hebrew.  Areas of Concentration: Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
E-mail: cweiss@fandz.com 
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