Jerry Zeifman was born in 1925 in Mineola, New York. During World War he enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and eventually served as a communications officer on USS Missouri BB63. He later received an A.B. from Harvard, a JD degree from the New York University School of Law.  and became an author and editor of legal publications for Prentice Hall, Inc.

In 196I he was recruited by the House Judiciary Committee  to serve as counsel to its Special Subcommittee on State Taxation of Interstate Commerce.  Until 1972 he also served as chief counsel to its Subcommittee on Civil Rights. 

Starting in 1973 he served as the Chief Counsel to the full Judiciary Committee during its Nixon impeachment proceedings and the confirmations of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller to serve as Vice Presidents. 

In 1975 he became a Professor of Law at the University of Santa Clara in California. During that period he also served as a counsel to the local office of Rep. Don Edwards (D CA) as well as a consultant to Governor Jay Hammond of Alaska.In 1980 he retired from academia and returned to Washington to do public interest work on behalf of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and a number of AFL-CIO unions. Starting in 1995 he became the author of books on politics and law.

Present Career As Author                       

Books:    Without Honor: The Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of President Nixon (1995);  Hillary’s Pursuit of Power (2006)

Articles:  Wall Street Journal; Washington Times; Insight Magazine; NewsMax; National Ledger; World Net Daily; New York Post.

TV and radio interviews:  1995 to present.

Other Biographical Materials

Some of his personal papers are currently available at The George Washington University, The Gelman Library, Special Collections and University Archives; 2130 H. St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052  Phone: 202-994-7549  Email: speccoll@gwu.edu

The material dates from 1960-77. The collection contains his personal diary and correspondence, as well as his work-related papers. The collection deals primarily with issues related to the Watergate scandal, the resignation of Spiro Agnew, the impeachment of President Nixon, the confirmation of Gerald Ford to be President, the confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller to be Vice President, the efforts of Gerald Ford (as majority leader) to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglass, and prior efforts to impeach seven other federal judges.   The materials also contain information about the employment on the Judiciary Committee of a number of people who later rose to national prominence, including Hillary Rodham Clinton and Massachusetts governor William Weld.