Zack Tripp

Co-Head of Weil’s Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice

Zack Tripp is Co-Head of Weil’s Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice. He has extensive experience litigating before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts, as well as litigating and advising clients on high-stakes legal issues at the trial level. Zack’s work has encompassed a broad range of subjects, including intellectual property, bankruptcy, antitrust, and securities, among other issues. Drawing on his earlier career as a software engineer, Zack also co-leads the Firm’s artificial intelligence task force.

Zack has argued 12 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, briefed many other Supreme Court cases, filed more than 100 briefs at the certiorari stage, and presented argument before numerous other federal and state appellate courts. He joined Weil from the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served for five years as an Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General. In that role, he represented the United States in litigation in the Supreme Court, and assisted in coordinating the government’s appellate strategy in lower courts nationwide. Zack previously served as Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense and Attorney Adviser at the U.S. Department of State.