ZAC PARKER represents and advises clients in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation risk assessment and mitigation, dispositive motion practice, written discovery, depositions of fact and expert witnesses, trials, and appeals. Zac’s practice focuses primarily on product liability, mass torts, toxic torts, and general commercial litigation
Zac protects businesses in litigation before state and federal courts in individual and collective actions with respect to a broad away of product liability and contract matters, including allegations of design defects, negligence, breach of contract, violations of consumer protection statutes, and conduct underlying claims for piercing the corporate veil and/or punitive damages. In addition, Zac counsels manufacturers and others within a product’s supply chain on potential liability and best practices for its minimization. He has represented clients across a variety of industries, including consumer products, healthcare, insurance, food, drugs, and medical devices.
Zac prioritizes furthering each client’s goals through innovative strategies and zealous advocacy. He has defended clients in multiple state court jury trials that were taken to verdict. Some of these were part of ongoing litigation and others were the first verdicts in a particular litigation. In addition, he has readied many cases for trial that settled on the courthouse steps, in part, due to the diligent trial workup. With this unique perspective on high-stakes civil litigation, including jury trials, Zac understands the lifecycle of litigation and leverages this insight to counsel against taking actions in one litigation that may have negative impacts on parallel or future litigation
Prior to joining Sidley, Zac practiced in another Chambers-ranked product liability firm. Zac graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, where he was selected to be an article and symposia editor for the UMKC Law Review and a member of UMKC’s National Moot Court team. He also served as an intern for Sean O’Brien, regional habeas counsel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri; and the Honorable Stephen R. Bough, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.