Ever the envy of his peers, Zack, an environmental attorney, drives his scooter to work with style.

Zack practices in the areas of environmental and real estate law and is a member of the firm's Real Estate Industry Group. He primarily assists clients with office and retail leasing, commercial and industrial acquisitions, and dispositions, brownfield acquisitions, due diligence work, title and zoning disputes, CERCLA enforcement actions, environmental remediation of commercial and industrial properties, underground storage tank issues, and issues related to riparian rights and water pollution. Zack has had an active role in the Diamond Alkali Superfund site, one of the largest Superfund sites in the country, since 2012.

Prior to joining Bricker Graydon, Zack spent time working with the Ohio Environmental Counsel. He is a 2012 graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law, where he earned his J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate and a 2008 graduate of The University of Michigan College of Engineering where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Zack is the recipient of the 2012 Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Award and the 2012 ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award. He has two published articles in the field of environmental law, Legal Tools for Reducing Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie and The Great Lakes Compact: States Suffering from Withdrawal.

Zack, his wife, Carolyn Kelly Hohl, and his boys Bobby and Gus live in Mariemont.

Education

The University of Michigan College of Engineering, cum laude (2008)

The University of Toledo College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude (2012)

Distinctions

Ohio State Bar Association Environmental Law Award (2012)

ALI-ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award (2012)

Professional Activities

Member, Cincinnati Bar Association

Member, Cincinnati Nature Center

Member, Greater Cincinnati Green Business Counsel

Former Chair, CBA Real Property Committee (2018)

Former Vice Chair, CBA Environmental Law Committee (2015-2018)

Catholic Inner-City Schools Education (CISE) YP Committee (2015-2018)

Additional Items

• Co-Author, Legal Tools for Reducing Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie (2012)
• Author, The Great Lakes Compact: States Suffering (2012)

When asked where he’s from, Zack will say Cincinnati, but when pressed, he may reveal that he grew up in Michigan. Zack loves Michigan, but he loves Cincinnati and his family here even more. However, he will admit that he only ended up in Cincinnati after a lot of luck and a little bit of grace.

Zack met his future law Partner Richard La Jeunesse at an environmental law conference in Columbus. The two struck up a conversation about magic (illusions, not fantasy) that eventually turned into an opportunity in Cincinnati.

Zack met his wife Carolyn on his first Halloween in Cincinnati, and soon the two went on what each would describe as hilariously bad dates. On their first date at a steak house, Zack found out that Carolyn was a vegetarian. On their second date, Carolyn got food poisoning. On their third, Zack got food poisoning. Eventually, they decided it may be best if they stopped trying to eat on dates.

People asked Carolyn why she endured this amount of gastrointestinal distress, and her only response was that he was tall.

Eventually, a good sense of humor and a shared love of nature won out, and the two got married, started a family, and dug roots even deeper into the great City of Cincinnati, as improbable as that may have been over a decade ago.