Resumé
William F. Ziprick, Esq.
Education
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
Juris Doctorate, 1980, Order of the Coif
Pacific Union College – Angwin, CA
B.S., 1977, Magna Cum Laude
Major: Business Administration (Accounting Emphasis)
Select Honors
- "A.V. Preeminent" Rating (the highest Rating) from Martindale-Hubbell (the leading information services company for the legal profession)
- 2023 California Association of Business Brokers ("CABB") Affiliate of the Year
- Highest Rating of "10" from AVVO.com, a leading attorney directory
UCLA - Law School
- Order of the Coif – UCLA Chapter (Top 10% of Graduating Law Class)
- American Jurisprudence Award: Remedies (Top of Class)
- American Jurisprudence Award: Civil Procedure
- American Jurisprudence Award: Labor Law
Pacific Union College
- Magna Cum Laude – Pacific Union College (3.9 GPA)
- Wall Street Journal Award: Outstanding Senior Business Major: 1977
Experience
Areas of William F. Ziprick's ("WFZ") experience over the past decades in the legal field include negotiating, structuring, and preparing documentation for numerous multi-million dollar transactions (with several in excess of $100 million), as well as many smaller transactions, including:
- Strategic affiliations, acquisitions, and sales, including extensive due diligence
- Real estate acquisitions and leases
- Sophisticated equipment purchase contracts
- Complex contract negotiations and preparation
- Numerous financing transactions, collectively in the tens of millions of dollars
WFZ's experience also includes serving as a Co-Owner, General Counsel, and Chief Financial Officer for a successful West Coast real estate development/senior housing company and numerous affiliates, where his responsibilities included:
- Overseeing and directing the overall financial plans, operating and capital budgets, and all legal issues for the company and affiliates
- Managing relationships with numerous lending institutions (including HUD & national and regional lending institutions), which included construction and permanent financing of over $70 million in aggregate
- Successfully negotiating and closing the sale of 12 senior living facilities along the West Coast, which involved simultaneously obtaining the required approvals from numerous lenders and state regulatory agencies
- Overseeing the planning, development, and construction process, from conceptual idea to completion, for an approximate 150,000-square-foot senior housing campus in Southern California
For many years, WFZ also served as the primary corporate General Counsel for a major university healthcare system (with numerous hospitals, clinics, real estate holdings, and affiliated non-profit and for-profit entities). In this role, WFZ's duties included:
- Advising on all corporate, contract, and business matters
- Leading the negotiations, due diligence, and closing of various acquisitions and transactions
- Making numerous presentations and advising the Board of Directors and Officers for all the various entities comprising the healthcare system
Licenses/Professional Affiliations
- California law license since 1980
- California Lawyer's Association
- United States District Courts (Including all 3 California Districts)
- United States Tax Court
- Texas law license since 2024
Association Board of Directors/Committee Service
- CABB Board of Directors (2021-2022)
- CABB Instructor (2021 - 2024) – "Legal Aspects of Business Brokerage"
- California Society of Healthcare Attorneys
- Former Member of the Board of Directors; Chair of the Publications Committee
- California Assisted Living Association
- Former Member of the Board of Directors; Treasurer; Chair of the Finance Committee
Editorial/Publications
- Co-Guest Columnist for USA Today's article, "We're Helping Other Infants Live"
- Co-author of "Better Understanding Legal Compliance Issues" - Chapter 2 of CABB's 250 course - "Legal Aspects of Business Sales in California"
- Former Co-Author: Quarterly "Topical Reports" summarizing new relevant case law for the California Health Law News (California Society of Healthcare Attorneys)
- Edited various articles for California Health Law News
Seminar Presentations
Mediator/Participant: "Ask The Attorneys" Legal Panel Discussion (2019-2023) CABB Annual Conferences
Instructor: "CABB 250 Course: Legal Aspects of Business Sales in California" (2021-2024)
Presenter: "Exploring Legal Hotspots in Asset Purchase Sales" (2020) CABB Statewide Webinar
Mastermind Session Facilitator: "Ask the Attorney the Questions You Were Afraid to Ask" (2018) CABB Annual Conference
Mastermind Session Co-Facilitator: "Dealing with Difficult Landlords and Leases" (2018) CABB Annual Conference
Presenter: "What You Don't Know Can Hurt - Digging Deeper into the CABB Asset Purchase Agreement" (2019) CABB Orange County Chapter Meeting
Presenter: "Ask The Attorneys" Seminar at the California Assisted Living Association Semi-Annual Spring and Fall Conferences for several years
Participant in a panel discussion entitled "Reassessing Integrated Delivery System for the New Millennium: The Winners and Losers" California Society for Healthcare Attorneys Fall Conference
Moderator for the Seminar entitled "Elsa's Ailing Back – Effective Managing Your Worker's Comp Claims" at the California Assisted Living Association Spring Conference
Seminar presenter at numerous business broker meetings regarding business sales and purchases
Speaker at various Chambers of Commerce, business groups, etc., on developing legal topics and challenges