Zachary Brunot

Background

Background: Zach grew up in Winchester, Virginia, and earned a B.S. in Political Science from Shepherd University, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia in 2008. He moved to Oregon to attend Willamette University College of Law, where he focused on civil rights and employment law. He worked as a research assistant for the university's Office of General Counsel, served as executive editor of the Willamette Environmental Law Journal, and interned with the Marion County Public Defender representing indigent criminal defendants.

Career: Zach earned his J.D. in 2012 and has practiced law in Oregon since October 2012. He began representing injured workers in 2013, handling workers' compensation, personal injury, employment, and Social Security disability matters, and became a managing partner at a Salem-area firm in 2018. By 2020, he had narrowed his practice exclusively to workers' compensation and Social Security disability law. In 2024, he partnered with Spencer Aldrich to form Aldrich & Brunot, LLC, and continue helping injured workers assert their rights within the workers’ compensation system.

Outside the office: Studying guitar, cooking, traveling, and spending time with his family.