ZACH NAERT

Attorney at Law

Zachary Steven Naert was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1984.  His father was in the Navy, and shortly after being born they were transferred to where he grew up – the Charleston, South Carolina area.  Zach graduated from Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston in 2002, with honors, and also earned an International Baccalaureate degree.

Zach accepted academic scholarships to first attend Winthrop University and then Charleston School of Law.  He earned two Bachelor of Science degrees from Winthrop, Modern Languages with a concentration in Spanish and Political Science from the honors college, also graduating with honors in 2006.  It was also during college that Zach lived in Spain for a semester attending The University of Salamanca, one of the oldest universities in the world, earning outstanding marks.

During his time at the Charleston School of Law, Zach was offered an internship for the United Stated Judge Advocates General’s (JAG) office and worked at the JAG office on Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, watching F-16 fighter jets all-lunch-long.  He also worked extensively as an intern with the Migrant Farmworker Division of South Carolina Legal Services, a non-profit agency offering free civil legal services to indigent people.  It was here that Zach got his first taste of advising and assisting people in standing up for their rights.  In school, Zach earned a CALI Award of Excellence in Property and served as an Articles Editor on the Federal Courts Law Review.  He graduated with honors in 2009

Following law school, Zach continued to work as a Migrant Farmworker attorney, which included traveling around the State of South Carolina to advise farmworkers about their rights and bringing lawsuits in the Federal Courts.  It was during this time that Zach lived in Zacatecas, Mexico, studying at the FENIX Language Institute and volunteering at the Center for Migrant Rights.  As a result of all of his studies and travels, Zach does speak, read, and write Spanish rather fluently.  Zach has also worked for other private civil litigation law firms in Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina.

In 2011, Naert Law Firm, LLC was founded.  Zach has been to the South Carolina Supreme Court and prevailed.  He has also practiced in Federal Court, the Court of Appeals, the Court of Common Pleas, Small Claims or Magistrate’s Court, Arbitration, and others.  Zach maintains a balanced workload of workers’ compensation and car accident cases, along with timeshare disputes and less common personal injury matters like slip and falls, nursing home abuse and neglect, and premises liability.

Zach prides himself on maintaining a high level of client-satisfaction through communication and education.  All of Zach’s clients are offered his personal cell phone number.  If he is playing the guitar, he should stop and answer your call.  Zach enjoys playing and listening to music, and he is also a fan of sports and a collector of sports cards and memorabilia.  However, he enjoys nothing more than being a family man with his better half, Stephanie, and two little boys, Paxton and Haddox.