Zach is a member of the firm’s Energy & Cleantech Practice Group, and regularly provides environmental and energy regulatory advice to developers of renewable energy projects. He also advises conventional generating facilities as to permitting, licensing and compliance matters. Zach has represented energy and renewables clients before various regulatory bodies including the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Before joining Foley Hoag, Zach worked as a high school mathematics teacher in the Philadelphia Public School District as a Teach For America corps member. During law school, he was a managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and an active member of the Harvard Environmental Law Society. He also worked as an intern at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1 Office of Regional Counsel and an intern for the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston.