onald Zurek attended the University of California at Los Angeles. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1974. He then attended Loyola Law School where he received his Juris Doctor degree cum laude in 1977. He was admitted to the California State Bar that same year. He is admitted to the federal courts as well.

Mr. Zurek has practiced with civil litigation firms throughout his career. He and Mr. Wesierski were partners in another litigation defense firm when they left and started Wesierski & Zurek LLP in 1987. Mr. Zurek is a member of the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. He has given numerous seminars on litigation-related subjects.

Mr. Zurek has successfully tried over eighty cases to jury verdict. His trial and practice has covered most areas of civil litigation, including products liability, premises liability, professional malpractice, automobile liability and insurance bad faith.

Mr. Zurek is a long time member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He holds the rank of Advocate and he will soon reach that organizations highest possible level, Diplomate. In 1992 he was selected Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year by the O’Brien publication Veridictum Juris.