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Zak Zatezalo

Zak Zatezalo

Attorney

Zak Zatezalo joined Bordas & Bordas in 2010. Zak focuses his practice on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on cases involving workplace injuries, toxic torts, traumatic brain injuries, and environmental damage. Zak has obtained successful jury verdicts on behalf of clients involving permanent injuries sustained in Marshall v. Dunn, Anderson v. Westfield National Insurance Company, and Markus v. Habig, among others.

Zak has worked with dozens of national experts in various fields of medicine, industrial hygiene, engineering, epidemiology, toxicology, and hydrogeology in an effort to obtain successful results for his clients and is involved with some of Bordas & Bordas’ most difficult and complex matters.

Case Results

  • $7.3 Million Settlement, Medical Malpractice, WV Family v. Doctor & Hospitals
  • $6 Million Settlement, Workplace Injury, Doe v. Employer
  • $5.1 Million Verdict, Medical Malpractice, Turkoly v. Gentile
  • $4.8 Million Settlement, Toxic Tort, Community v. Power Company
  • $4 Million Settlement, Medical Malpractice, WV Family v. Doctor & Hospital
  • $1.1 Million Settlement, Workplace Injury/Wrongful Death, Doe v. Coal Mine
  • $892,000 Verdict, Medical Malpractice, Kilgore v. Bedi, et al.

Education

  • West Virginia University (1995)
    • B.A. Biology
  • West Virginia University College of Law (2000)
    • Juris Doctor

Bar and Court Admissions

  • West Virginia
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Northern District of West Virginia
  • Southern District of West Virginia
  • Northern District of Ohio
  • Southern District of Ohio
  • Texas

Practice Areas

  • Workplace Injury
  • Toxic Tort
  • Mass Tort
  • Medical malpractice
  • Nursing Home Negligence 
  • Motor Vehicle Collision

Honors & Awards

  • Summa Cum Laude (WVU undergrad)
  • Phi Beta Kappa (WVU undergrad)
  • Order of the Coif (WVU Law)
  • Law Review (WVU Law)
  • West Virginia Legislature Recognition Award (1st compensable occupational kidney cancer case in West Virginia) (Gambellin v. WPSC))

Community Involvement

  • Youth Services Systems Board of Directors (Secretary)
  • Pike Cubs Baseball volunteer coach

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    Zak Zatezalo joined Bordas & Bordas in 2010. Zak focuses his practice on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on cases involving workplace injuries, toxic torts, traumatic brain injuries, and environmental damage. Zak has obtained successful jury verdicts on behalf of clients involving permanent injuries sustained in Marshall v. Dunn, Anderson v. Westfield National Insurance Company, and Markus v. Habig, among others.

    Zak has worked with dozens of national experts in various fields of medicine, industrial hygiene, engineering, epidemiology, toxicology, and hydrogeology in an effort to obtain successful results for his clients and is involved with some of Bordas & Bordas’ most difficult and complex matters.