Zaq K. McDaniel

Prior to law school, Zaq worked as a universal banker and small business specialist at a local bank in Durango, Colorado. During law school, Zaq was a Senior Editor on the California Western Law Review, served as a student representative in the Student Bar Association, and received a Distinguished Advocate award for his advocacy in the Gill Trial Competition. He also worked for a tax controversy law firm in San Diego; the San Diego City Attorney’s Civil Division; the California Department of Justice’s Appeals, Writs, and Trials Division; and U.S. District Court Judge Anthony J. Battaglia. While earning his LL.M., Zaq served as a delegate for the UC Irvine Associated Graduate Students’ Lobby Corps and worked as a tax extern for a major international construction company.