The Triumphant Rise of Rebecca Zung as a Top 1% Attorney, Bestselling Author, Negotiation Expert, and YouTuber

Life is never bed roses, but what you make out of your life gives you the power to walk on roses or compels you to walk on thistles. Rebecca Zung, praised as one of the Top 1% of attorney in the nation, also distinguished by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Lawyer in America” and honored as “Legal Elite” by Trend Magazine, is an epitome of the adage, “you are what you make of yourself.”

Significantly, Rebecca Zung, in addition to the above honors, has the distinction of being AV preeminent rated in family law, the highest possible rating for an attorney by Martindale Hubbell. However, Zung’s rise to the top was not a smooth one.  She had to overcome immense obstacles, but she had an indomitable will to achieve, will her motivation always being creating a better life for her children, herself and for others. 

Zung married at the young age of 19 and had three children by the time she was 23.  By her late 20s, she found herself divorced and a single mom. “I knew I had to do something to feed my kids and put a roof over their heads,” she says.  So the midst of that emotional chaos, Zung chose a pathway that transformed her life. “At the age of 29, I decided to go to law school,” she says.

During law school, Zung met the man who would become her husband and they have one child together.   She began her career at a top family law firm and then grew into having her own practice eventually.   She then wrote her first book in 2013, Breaking Free: A Step-by-Step Divorce Guide for Achieving Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Freedom and her second book Negotiate Like You M.A.T.T.E.R.: The Sure Fire Method to Step Up and Win (foreword by Robert Shapiro) was published in 2013.  Both the books became bestsellers. “I realized that reaching out to a lawyer is not easy for a lot of people and many times they can’t afford the best legal representation,” she says.

Additionally, Rebecca Zung is a sought after media contributor, featured on Extra, Forbes, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, Dr. Drew, NPR Talk Radio, Good Day New York, and C.B.S. Los Angeles. Zung also has a flourishing YouTube Channel with nearly 70,000 subscribers and 3 Million views, counseling people and sharing her secrets on how to win negotiations against narcissists.  Her on-demand programs such as S.LA.Y. Your Negotiation with a Narcissist, and the Breaking Free Divorce Masterclasses have helped thousands.  Rebecca Zung is a beacon of hope for all the people who have been exploited at the hands of a nasty narcissist. “The major reason I have a personal crusade to create awareness about narcissists is because of the path of destruction they leave in their wake” says Rebecca Zung.

Rebecca Zung went from being a college dropout and single mom, to becoming celebrated today, as the powerful lawyer in the country. Because she has been through the worst, including having been the target of a couple of narcissists herself, and rising to the top, Rebecca Zung is an inspiration to millions.  She has whole-heartedly committed herself to bring a change in the lives of people, empowering them to reach for the stratosphere, professionally and personally. “I just want people to know that wherever you are is the jumping off point.,” she says.