Attorneys

Shareholders

Andrew M. Zacks, Born San Francisco, California, April 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1983); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Copyright Law, 1986. Member: San Francisco, Ohio State and American Bar Associations.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Land Use Regulation; Land Use Permitting; Property Rights; Landlord and Tenant Law.
az@zulpc.com

Paul F. Utrecht, Born The Hague, The Netherlands, August 31, 1960 ; admitted to bar, 1985, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court . Education: Claremont McKenna College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980; Sorbonne University, Paris, France, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1983;
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Probate Litigation; Appeals
paul@zulpc.com

Counsel

Nancy Lenvin, New York, N. Y., May 26, 1945; admitted to bar,1970, California; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Barnard College, B.A., 1966; Rutgers University Law School, J.D., 1969.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Property, Residential and Commercial Leasing, Real Estate Transactions, Landlord and Tenant Law, Rent Control (having practiced before San Francisco's Rent Control Board since its inception), Real Estate Litigation.

Ms. Lenvin is a co-author of California Landlord Tenant Practice (Second Edition) published by CEB and is a member of many real estate industry organizations.
lenvin@zulpc.com

Associates

James B. Kraus, Born Bangkok, Thailand, October 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Virginia; 1996, California. Education: San Francisco State University (B.A. Audio Production, 1991); Boston University (J.D. 1995) Law School thesis: Recovery of Uninsured Motorist Benefits in Virginia Under the federal Diplomatic Relations Act. Member: State Bar of California; Virginia State Bar.
PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial and real property litigation, Property rights, Landlord-tenant; Contracts.
james@zulpc.com

Ronald D. Schivo, Admitted: 1989, California, Law School: University of San Francisco, J.D., 1987. College: University of San Francisco, B.A., 1984. Member: The State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Pazderka v. Caballeros Dimas Alane, Inc. (1st Dist. 1998) 62 Cal. App.4th 658.
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Real Estate.
ron@zulpc.com

April M. Alderiso, Born in Metuchen, New Jersey; admitted to California Bar in 2004. Education: University of Southern California, Los Angeles (B.A. International Relations, 2000); JD from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California in 2004. Member: Women In Real Estate, American Bar Association. Ms. Alderiso is also a licensed California real estate broker.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Transactions and Disputes, Condominium Conversions, Commercial Leasing, Land Use, Subdivisions, TIC formation, and obtaining DRE public reports.
april@zulpc.com

Gael Bizel-Bizellot, Born France. Admitted to the New York Bar, 2005 and California Bar, 2007. Education: Golden Gate University, S.O.L, San Francisco (L.L.M in U.S. Legal Studies, Dec. 2004), University of the French Antilles and Guyana, F.W.I. (Post-Graduate Master in Business Law, 2002), University of “Toulouse Sciences Sociales”, France (Master in Business Law, 2001). Member: American Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate Transactions and Disputes, Landlord and Tenant Law, TIC formation, Condominium Conversion, Land Use.
gael@zulpc.com

Scott A. Freedman, Born Atlanta, Georgia, February 9, 1979; admitted to California bar 2005. Education: Tulane University (B.A. Political Science 2000), Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 2005). Published comment: An End-Run Around Antitrust Law: The Second Circuit’s Blanket Application of the Non-Statutory Labor Exemption in Clarett v. NFL, 45 Santa Clara L. Rev. 155 (2004).
PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation, including real estate, landlord-tenant and general business and property disputes.
scott@zulpc.com

David Semel, Born July 1971 in New York. Admitted in 1999 to California Bar, Supreme Court of California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Education: University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences (B.A. History 1993), University of Iowa College of Law (J.D. 1998).
PRACTICE AREAS: Landlord and Tenant Law, Rent Control, Real Estate, Contracts, and general Civil Litigation.
david@zulpc.com