L. Marc Zell is a Washington, DC born attorney, currently based in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

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Graduated with an A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 from Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 (1974) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a J.D.

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 with honors from the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1977). After clerking at the Maryland Court of Appeals for a year (1977-1978), Zell joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman as an associate (1978-1981).

In 1986 he formed the law firm Feith & Zell, P.C. with Douglas Feith

Douglas Feith

Douglas J. Feith served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until August 2005. His official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense relations...

, who served later as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001-2005.

In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism

Zionism

Zionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...

 and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family in 1988 to the Judean mountain

Judean Mountains

The Judaean Mountains, ;, also Judaean Hills and Hebron Hills is a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem and several other biblical cities are located. The mountains reach a height of 1,000 m.-Geography:...

 town of Alon Shvut

Alon Shvut

Alon Shvut is an Israeli settlement located southwest of Jerusalem, one kilometer northeast of Kfar Etzion, in the West Bank. Established in June 1970 in the heart of the Etzion bloc, Alon Shvut became the prototype for Jewish settlements in the region. It is administered by the Gush Etzion...

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After Douglas Feith left law practice to work at the Pentagon in 2001, Zell partnered with Bernel Goldberg to form Zell, Goldberg & Co with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 and affiliate offices in Washington, DC, Russia and Europe.

In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group

Iraqi International Law Group

Iraqi International Law Group was created in 2003 by Salem Chalabi and Marc Zell as "the first international law firm" based in Iraq.The firm received widely publicized criticism when it was revealed that Chalabi, nephew of Ahmed Chalabi, a highly controversial expatriate Iraqi intimately involved...

, the first international law firm in Iraq since the founding of the Republic, as Partner for International Marketing.http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2003_09_21.php#002007http://web.archive.org/web/20030805221452/www.iraqlawfirm.com/

Zell speaks eight languages: English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch and Yiddish. His areas of professional concentration are: Corporate law

Corporate law

Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...

 and finance

Finance

"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

; securities law; intellectual property law and high-tech; internet and computer law; government procurement law; competition law

Competition law

Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies....

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External links

• Profile on FANDZ International Law Group website
• Friends of the family Guardian story about Chalabi family connections from September 2003
• How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons A Salon story about Ahmed Chalabi
• L. Marc Zell responds to the above Salon story
• A "Settler's" History of "Settlements"