Charles Zachary Vaughn

Zach is an equity partner based in Wiedner & McAuliffes St. Louis office and a member of the firms Board of Directors. He manages the civil litigation practice in St. Louis and Southern Illinois. He also maintains a nationwide catastrophic loss trial practice. Zach is frequently asked to step in as trial counsel in high-risk cases in the weeks before trial. He defends insurers and self-insureds throughout the United States and internationally in actions involving medical malpractice, transportation, product, premises and professional liability, construction negligence, and coverage disputes. Zach has achieved the AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbells highest possible rating for legal and ethical standards. From 2011 to 2019, Zach was selected by his peers for inclusion in Super Lawyers list of Rising Stars. He also received a Trial Lawyer Excellence award from the Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter. When Zach is outside the courtroom, he enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, and their Great Pyrenees, Tucker.