Brian M. Ziff

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Phone: (313) 965-8228
Fax: (313) 965-8252
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Areas of Practice
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Antitrust
Commercial Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation

Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in State of Illinois, State of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education
J.D., with honors, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1996
B.A., University of Michigan, 1993

Memberships
American Bar Association, Antitrust and Litigation Sections
American Inns of Court, Barrister, 1999-2002
Illinois Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan

Brian M. Ziff is a member in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He represents and counsels clients in business disputes with an emphasis on breach of contract (including covenants not to compete), Uniform Commercial Code, complex commercial disputes, fraud, software implementation, antitrust, and misappropriation of trade secrets litigation. Mr. Ziff also regularly represents clients in alternative dispute resolution formats.  He has significant experience assisting clients in e-discovery disputes.

Mr. Ziff was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1997 and Michigan in 1998. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Mr. Ziff is a member of the American Bar Association (Antitrust Law and Litigation Sections) as well as the Michigan and Illinois Bar Associations. He served as a Barrister for the American Inns of Court from 1999 until 2002. Mr. Ziff received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1993 and his J.D., with honors, from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1996. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ziff served as a clerk to the Honorable John J. Bowman of the Illinois Appellate Court.

Mr. Ziff has served on Clark Hill’s Recruiting Committee since 1999 and has been Chair of the Committee since 2006.