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Andrew M. Zacks
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Andrew M. Zacks specializes in San Francisco real estate litigation, including landlord/tenant, residential rent control, neighbor disputes, purchase and sale disputes, non-disclosure matters, land use regulation, land use permitting, property rights, the Ellis Act and appeals/challenges to local ordinances and administrative decisions. Having practiced exclusively in this area for more than 20 years, Mr. Zacks is frequently retained to provide consulting services and expert testimony.
Andrew M. Zacks serves as a mediator in real estate disputes as a part of the Superior Court/Bar Association of San Francisco Early Settlement Program, and as a lecturer/panelist in the San Francisco Bar Association’s Annual Seminar on “Recent Developments and Hot Topics in San Francisco Landlord Tenant Law Practice”. Mr. Zacks is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell and has been repeatedly named a San Francisco Super Lawyer®.
Andrew M. Zacks has successfully litigated before local administrative tribunals and at all levels of the State and Federal Judiciary, including the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Zacks has achieved many successes in trial courts and in arbitration proceedings, and he has won more than 24 victories in the California Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court. Mr. Zacks has represented parties in three separate petitions in which the California Supreme Court granted review.
Areas of Practice
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Litigation
- Land Use Regulation
- Land Use Permitting
- Property Rights
- Landlord/Tenant Law
- Appellate Law
Bar Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
Education
- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California
- J.D. – 1987
- Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Copyright Law, 1986
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- B.S. – 1983
Representative Cases
- Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute v. City and County of San Francisco (2018) 22 Cal.App.5th 77
- San Remo Hotel v. City and County of San Francisco, (2005) 545 U.S. 323
- Drouet v. Superior Court, (2003) 31 Cal.4th 583
- Tom v. City and County of San Francisco, (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 674
- Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. v. Astoria Hotel, (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 139
- Reidy v. City and County of San Francisco, (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 580, 587
- Daro v. Superior Court, (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 1079
- Johnson v. City and County of San Francisco, (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 7
- Birkner v. Lam, (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 275
- Ching v. San Francisco Board of Permit Appeals (Harsch Investment Corp.), (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 888
- Delois v. Barrett Block Partners, (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 940
- Zanelli v. McGrath, (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 615
- Small Property Owners of San Francisco v. City and County of San Francisco, (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 1388
- DeLaura v. Beckett, (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 542
- Empress LLC v. City and County of San Francisco, (9th Cir. 2005) 419 F.3d 1052
- Citizens for Better Streets v. Board of Sup’rs of City and County, (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 1
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer/panelist, San Francisco Bar Association’s Annual Seminar on “Recent Developments and Hot Topics in San Francisco Landlord Tenant Law Practice”
Honors and Awards
- Martindale Hubbell: rated AV® Preeminent™
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2024
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2023
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2022
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2021
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2020
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2019
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2018
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2017
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2016
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2015
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2014
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2013
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2012
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2011
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2007
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2006
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2005
- Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2004
Professional Associations and Memberships
- San Francisco Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member