He served as a law clerk for Judge Sheryl Lipman in the Western District of Tennessee after law school. Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, he was an Assistant County Attorney for the largest county in Tennessee. During law school, he had externships with Judge Bernice Donald on the Sixth Circuit, the U. S. Attorney’s office, and the EEOC, in addition to interning in the legal departments of Pinnacle Airlines and ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Zach is also as an editor of The Railway Labor Act by BNA books, the authoritative treatise on the RLA.