Practices
- LITIGATION
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Mediation)
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Appeals
- Class Action Defense
- Complex Contract and Commercial Litigation
- Contested Administrative Proceedings and Litigation: Banking
- Criminal, Administrative and Regulatory Defense
- Entertainment Litigation
- Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark Litigation
- Music Litigation
- Privacy and Defamation
- Regulatory and Corporate Compliance Investigations
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Secret Litigation
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
Education
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 1975
- B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, magna cum laude, 1972
Bar Admissions
- New York (1976)
- U.S. Supreme Court (2000)
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second (1984), Ninth (1998) and First (2002) Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern (1976) and Eastern (1984) Districts of New York
News
- Pryor Cashman Featured In January 7, 2008 Edition Of Forbes Magazine
- Pryor Cashman Wins Summary Judgment Dismissing Copyright Infringement Claims Relating To Mariah Carey Hit Song
- Pryor Cashman Obtains Dismissal With Prejudice Of Claims Relating To The Song "I Love This Bar" By Toby Keith
- Pryor Cashman Partners Donald Zakarin, Tom Ferber And Brad D. Rose Named As Being Among Top Intellectual Property Litigators In The U.S.
- Five Pryor Cashman Attorneys (Ferber, Janowitz, B. Rose, Zakarin and Knight) Named Top U.S. Lawyers By Legal 500
- Pryor Cashman Partners Zakarin, Ferber And Rose Named By Corporate Counsel As Being Among Top Intellectual Property Lawyers In The U.S.
- Partner Don Zakarin Quoted About Supreme Court's Reversal of Philip Morris Damage Award
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Donald S. Zakarin
Partnerdzakarin@pryorcashman.com
New York, NY 10022
Donald S. Zakarin, Chairman of Pryor Cashman's Litigation Group, represents clients covering a broad spectrum of complex legal and business activities, including corporate and securities litigation, antitrust litigation, foreign exchange litigation, copyright and trademark litigation and general commercial litigation. He has successfully defended corporate clients and individual executives and directors in federal securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits and has guided both corporate and individual clients through SEC and N.Y. State Attorney General investigations.
Mr. Zakarin has extensive trial experience, having tried and litigated numerous jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts throughout the country during the past 30 years, including a variety of contractual and corporate disputes and intellectual property cases. Mr. Zakarin has represented numerous companies and individuals in copyright, contract and other disputes in the entertainment industry, most specifically in disputes arising in the recording and music publishing industries. Mr. Zakarin has also conducted lengthy arbitration proceedings on behalf of corporate and individual clients.
Mr. Zakarin has been a litigation partner at Pryor Cashman since 1983. He is a 1975 graduate of New York University School of Law where he was a member of the Journal of International Law and Politics. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Buffalo in 1972 with a major in Management Science and was a member of the national honor societies, Phi Eta Sigma and Beta Gamma Sigma (the national business school honor society).
Publications
- Author, Artist-Manager Disputes, 1988 ABA Entertainment Litigation Forum
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Member, Litigation Section
