Zachary Orchard

Zachary Orchard is an attorney whose practice focuses on appellate litigation and education law. Formerly a law clerk at Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC working on tenant advocacy matters, he returns to the Firm with experience in appellate litigation and housing law.

Prior to rejoining the Firm, Zachary served as a law clerk to the Honorable Christine Vanek of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Before that, he was a Deborah T. Poritz fellow with Legal Services of New Jersey, serving in the Housing Unit at Northeast New Jersey Legal Services, and interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and Rutgers Law Associates.

Zachary graduated from Rutgers Law School cum laude and was awarded the Frank and Marilyn Askin Award for excellence in clinical studies.  While in law school, Zachary served as Senior Associate Editor of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review, practiced as a student-attorney in the Constitutional Rights Clinic, and competed on the National Appellate Advocacy Team.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Indiana University/Purdue University Fort Wayne and holds an ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate from Long Island University Brooklyn. Zachary is admitted to practice in New Jersey.