Dov Seidman

Dov Seidman (born May 13, 1964) is an American author, columnist and businessman. He is the author of How and is the founder, chairman and former CEO of LRN, an ethics and compliance management firm.

Seidman was born in San Francisco, California. His father, Alex, was a Polish-born physician who died in 1992. At the age of 3, Seidman mov>He has gained further notability for leading the defense, along with Edward B. McMahon Jr., of the trial of Al Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui. Associates have commented on Zerkin's "dedication and willingness to live away from home to work the Moussaoui case." (Forbes.com) Zerkin has argued strongly for a life imprisonment sentence for Moussaoui, declaring that the defendant wanted a death sentence so that he could be a shahid (martyr), despite statements from Moussaoui indicating that he would like to live and "fight" and that he believes he will be released from prison. Zerkin further insisted that his client was schizophrenic and was not actually aware of Al Qaeda's plot to fly planes into the World Trade Center towers and other strategic targets, despite Moussaoui's protests to the contrary. Moussaoui had complained about his government appointed lawyers on a number of occasions, calling Zerkin "Jewish Zealot Zerkin" and "Jew Zerkin", and complaining of "misconduct and ineffective assistance" on the part of his lawyers'.

Zerkin heads Zerkin & Associates.