Marc Zell
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Marc Zell (Template:Langx; born February 25, 1953) is an American-Israeli lawyer, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel and a vice president of Republicans Overseas, Inc.
Early life
Marc Zell was born February 25, 1953. He earned an A.B. from Princeton University in Germanic Languages and Literature with a concentration in theoretical linguistics, in 1974, then graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a J.D., in 1977.<ref name="zellaronbio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career
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 of Feith & Zell, P.C. with Douglas Feith, who later served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, from 2001 to 2005.<ref name="guardianfriendsofthefamily">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="guardianfriendsofthefamily"/>
In 2003, he joined the Iraqi International Law Group, the first international law firm in Iraq,<ref name="theguardianzionistsettlerjoins">Template:Cite news</ref> and is currently a partner in the multinational law firm of Zell, Aron & Co. in Jerusalem, Israel, with branches offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is currently the chairman of the Executive Committee of Ariel University in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Political views
In August 2017, Zell condemned counter-protesters at a gathering of hundreds of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Zell blamed the counter-protesters for the violence at the gathering, stating that they represented the "ugly face of progressivism".<ref name=":0" />
Personal life
In the 1980s, Zell developed an interest in Zionism and, after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family, in 1988, to the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut in the West Bank.<ref name="theguardianzionistsettlerjoins"/> Since 2016, he lives in the Israeli settlement of Tekoa.<ref name="jtadonaldtobin">Template:Cite news</ref> He supported Donald Trump for President of the United States in 2016.<ref name="jtadonaldtobin"/>