Commercial
Business and contract disputes
Claims involving written agreements, business relationships, performance, payment, termination, indemnity, and commercial expectations.
Business disputesLos Angeles litigation boutique
Trial counsel for consequential business disputes.
The Zorkin Firm represents companies, owners, executives, investors, health plans, insurers, and high-net-worth individuals in commercial litigation involving contracts, business torts, fraud, ownership conflict, anti-SLAPP issues, and complex healthcare matters.
Commercial focusDisputes affecting business value, control, revenue, or reputation
Trial perspectiveStrategy informed by jury trials, arbitration, motion practice, and mediation
Boutique modelFocused senior-level attention without layers of institutional inefficiency
Healthcare depthManaged care, insurer, provider, reimbursement, and regulatory disputes
Focused practice
Built for disputes where money, control, reputation, or business continuity is at stake.
The firm is designed for clients who need sophisticated litigation judgment, clear objectives, precise analysis, and practical pressure toward resolution.
Explore commercial litigationBusiness torts
Fraud, interference, and unfair competition
Disputes involving alleged fraud, concealment, misrepresentation, interference, fiduciary-duty breaches, and other commercial torts.
Business torts and fraudOwnership
Shareholder, partnership, and founder disputes
Conflicts among owners, partners, members, investors, and executives involving governance, control, duties, buyouts, and exits.
Ownership disputesAnti-SLAPP
Speech, petitioning, and reputational disputes
Early strategic analysis where claims implicate protected activity, public-facing allegations, litigation privilege, and fee-shifting exposure.
Anti-SLAPP litigationHealthcare
Managed care and payor-provider litigation
Healthcare remains a core strength, including insurer, reimbursement, provider, ERISA, FEHBA, Medicare Act, and regulatory disputes.
Healthcare litigationDispute resolution
Trial, arbitration, mediation, and settlement
Focused judgment from early case assessment through pleadings, motion practice, discovery, hearings, trial preparation, and resolution.
Representative experienceA focused alternative to BigLaw
Big-firm training. Direct senior attention.
The Zorkin Firm is built for clients who value sophisticated analysis and decisive execution, but do not want strategic responsibility diffused across a large team.
Michael Zorkin founded the firm after practicing in the Los Angeles office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. The boutique structure keeps senior judgment close to the facts, the papers, the hearing, and the business objective.
Representative experience
Experience across commercial, cross-border, and healthcare disputes.
Selected examples are provided for general informational purposes. Each matter turns on its own facts and law, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Unanimous defense verdict
Obtained a unanimous defense verdict for a major California health plan in a dispute with an out-of-network neurosurgery practice.
$40 million contract and fraud claims
Obtained summary judgment for a major California health plan against an out-of-network pharmacy seeking $40 million in alleged underpayments.
Ownership, business tort, and contract disputes
Represented clients in shareholder and partnership disputes, anti-SLAPP matters, contract claims, business torts, and cross-border litigation.
Defense judgments in provider disputes
Obtained defense judgments for major California health plans in arbitrations involving hospital underpayment claims.
Michael Zorkin
Commercial litigator. Trial attorney. Strategic counselor.
Michael represents clients in business disputes, fraud and business tort claims, shareholder and partnership conflicts, anti-SLAPP matters, contract disputes, cross-border litigation, and complex healthcare cases.
He is an active member of the State Bar of California, a UCLA School of Law graduate, and was selected to Southern California Rising Stars for 2025–2026.
Read Michael’s biographyLitigation Insights
Analysis designed to be useful—not generic.
Litigation Insights will publish signed, dated analysis on California commercial litigation, business torts, anti-SLAPP law, ownership disputes, and healthcare litigation. Each article will separate legal doctrine from practical implications and link to primary authority when useful.
01Original analysis
Substantive, jurisdiction-aware writing under Michael Zorkin’s byline.
02Machine-readable facts
Clear headings, dates, authorship, citations, and structured article data.
03Practical relevance
Direct answers for businesses, owners, executives, and in-house counsel.
Direct answers
Frequently asked questions.
These answers are general information, not legal advice. The analysis of a specific matter depends on its facts, law, forum, and objectives.
What types of matters does The Zorkin Firm handle?
The firm handles commercial litigation, contract disputes, business torts, fraud and misrepresentation claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, anti-SLAPP matters, cross-border disputes, and complex healthcare litigation.
Who does The Zorkin Firm represent?
The firm represents companies, owners, executives, investors, health plans, insurers, and high-net-worth individuals in consequential civil disputes. Engagement decisions depend on the facts, conflicts, forum, objectives, and scope of the matter.
Where is The Zorkin Firm located?
The firm is located in Woodland Hills, California, and serves clients in Los Angeles, Southern California, and matters requiring California litigation counsel.
Does the firm still handle healthcare litigation?
Yes. Healthcare remains a core strength, including managed care, insurer, payor-provider, reimbursement, ERISA, FEHBA, Medicare Act, and related regulatory disputes.
How can a prospective client contact the firm?
A prospective client may call (323) 493-8075, email mz@thezorkinfirm.com, or use the website contact form. Do not send confidential or time-sensitive information before an engagement is confirmed in writing.
Contact The Zorkin Firm
Does the dispute require senior litigation judgment?
Contact the firm to discuss the parties, general nature of the matter, business objective, and next step. Do not send confidential information before an engagement is confirmed.