Anthony J. Zarsky

10 QUESTIONS

Woody Law Firm, LLC

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10 Questions with Anthony J. Zarsky

1. Where did you go to law school and where are you currently working?

I attended the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law. I am presently an associate attorney at Woody Law Firm, LLC.

2. Why did you become a lawyer?

Injustice has always fueled me. I am an empathetic person and found family law suited me well during law school. There is nothing like the feeling of winning at trial, especially when you helped a victim of domestic violence obtain justice in the form of a protection order.

3. What are five adjectives that you would ascribe to yourself? Kind, Empathetic, Driven, Resourceful, Funny

4. What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

Don’t let someone’s inability to see your worth define you.

5. Favorite childhood memory?

As a kid, my Italian grandmother would pick me up and have me over to “help her cook dinner.” Looking back on it, it was not easy to have little hands in the kitchen getting in the way. As an adult, I realize she didn’t need the help but included me out of love and a desire to help me learn a valuable life skill.

6. How do you de-stress?

After a long day at the office, nothing melts the stress of the day away quite like a warm bath.

7. What has been one of the biggest challenges that you have had to overcome?

Being a gay man. The “pink ceiling” can make achieving your dreams more difficult. People have biases as to what you are and what you are not depending on how you look, sound, and carry yourself compared to how they think you should do so. I want to be judged on my character and abilities, not predetermined limits based solely on outdated stereotypes.

8. What are your hobbies outside of the law?

Cooking, traveling, gardening, politics, camping, and being a cat dad.

9. If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would you pick and why?

Abraham Lincoln, without a doubt. He faced failure after failure in his life before becoming president and used his wisdom to advance the cause of equality that reverberates even today. Perseverance is the antidote to broken dreams.

10. Any favorite legal cases?

Obergefell v. Hodges. “Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”