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Marc Zell (born February 24 1953 ) is a Washington, DC born attorney, currently based in Israel .¹ Graduated with a BA from Princeton University ( 1974 ) and a JD with honors from University of Maryland ( 1977 ).² 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 current Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith . In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family to the Jewish settlement Alon Shevut in the West Bank in 1988 . [1] With Douglas Feith moving to work at the Pentagon in 2001 , Zell partnered with Bernel Goldberg to form Zell, Goldberg & Co with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and affiliate offices in Washington, DC , Russia and Europe. In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group as Partner for International Marketing .³

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Marc Zell (born February 24, 1953) is a Washington, DC born attorney, currently based in Israel . Graduated with an A.B. from Princeton University ( 1974 ) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a J.D. 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 , who served later as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001-2005. In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family in 1988 to the Judean Mountain town of Alon Shvut in Israel . [1] He currently serves as co-chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition chapter in Israel 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 and affiliate offices in Washington, DC , Russia and Europe. In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group , the first international law firm in Iraq since the founding of the Republic, as Partner for International Marketing . [2] [3] Zell speaks eight languages: English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch and Yiddish. His areas of professional concentration are: Corporate law and finance ; securities law ; intellectual property law and high-tech ; internet and computer law ; government procurement law ; competition law .

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Marc Zell (born February 24, 1953) is a Washington, DC born attorney, currently based in Israel . Graduated with an A.B. from Princeton University (1974) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a J.D. 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 , who served later as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001-2005. In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family in 1988 to the Judean mountain town of Alon Shvut . 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 and affiliate offices in Washington, DC , Russia and Europe. In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group , the first international law firm in Iraq since the founding of the Republic, as Partner for International Marketing .

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Marc Zell (born February 25, 1953) is an Israeli-American lawyer, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel and a vice president of Republicans Overseas , Inc.

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Israeli-American lawyer and politician L. Marc Zell (born February 25, 1953) is an American-Israeli lawyer, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel and a vice president of Republicans Overseas , Inc.

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Israeli-American lawyer and politician L. Marc Zell ( Hebrew : ל. מארק צל ; born February 25, 1953) is an American-Israeli lawyer, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel and a vice president of Republicans Overseas , Inc.

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