Education
Graduated with an Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University (1974) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1977).
Graduated with an Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University (1974) in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a concentration in theoretical linguistics and a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Maryland at Baltimore (1977).
In 1986 he formed the law firm Feith & Zell, Professional Corporation with Douglas Feith, who served later as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy from 2001-2005. After Douglas Feith left law practice to work at the Pentagon in 2001, Zell partnered with Bernel Goldberg to form Zell, Goldberg & Company with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and affiliate offices in Washington, District of Columbia, Russia and Europe. In 2003 he joined the Iraqi International Law Group, the first international law firm in Iraq since the founding of the Republic, as Partner for International Marketing.
Zell speaks eight languages: English, Hebrew, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch and Yiddish.
His areas of professional concentration are: Corporate law and finance. Securities law; intellectual property law and high-technical
Internet and computer law. Government procurement law.
Competition law.
In the 1980s Zell developed an interest in Zionism and after a series of visits to Israel, moved his family in 1988 to the Judean mountain town of Alon Shvut.