Ezekiel “Zeke” Rediker is an associate in Reed Smith’s Global Commercial Disputes Group. Zeke has significant experience in federal court practice, including drafting dispositive motions, taking depositions, conducting evidentiary hearings, and delivering oral argument at the trial and appellate levels.
Zeke rejoined the Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith after two federal clerkships. He clerked for the Hon. Pamela Chen at the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn and the Hon. Helene White at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Detroit. He previously worked as an associate in Reed Smith’s Washington D.C. office.
Zeke maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing indigent defendants in post-conviction relief and advocating for tenants’ rights in housing court. He is a proud Pittsburgher who works on local community issues involving poverty and education, with a special focus on mentoring and preventing youth violence.
Zeke has also written and worked on the subject of international law. He has a Master’s Degree in African Studies from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rotary Scholar. He has published on appellate jurisprudence in the Caribbean and the relationship between terrorism and free speech in the European Union. He is a Senior Fellow with Humanity in Action, an international human rights organization.
