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Over five decades and in a confidential setting, co-founding partner Daniel Jaffe has established himself as the sought-after attorney for high-profile celebrity and professional clients and their spouses with the most sensitive and complicated family law matters. His experience and success in and out of the courtroom have earned him the well-placed trust of many well known clients who seek his advice and skills when making critical, emotional and financial transitions in their lives. Dan combines a deep familiarity of the law with an innovative and discreet approach to achieve positive outcomes for his clients.
Dan’s talents have been recognized by satisfied clients as well as by his peers in the legal community who frequently ask him to speak or write educational pieces on family law topics. He has recently been a guest speaker for the California CPA Foundation on Cross Over Issues in Estate Planning and Family Law. He has spoken on and has also recently been published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on foreign tax issues. Likewise, the State Bar of California has certified him as a specialist in family law and he has been recognized for legal excellence in the field of family law by a variety of authorities, including the California State Bar Journal, Town and Country Magazine, and the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
In addition, the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, an organization limited to the top 100 divorce lawyers in the U.S., has named him a Diplomate, which is one of the industry’s most distinguished honors.
He is also a member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. The Best Lawyers in America named Dan the ‘Best Family Law Lawyer of the Year’ in 2009. He was named ‘Family Lawyer of the Year’ for 2014 by the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Awards and Rankings
Levitt and Quinn Award for Outstanding Community Service and Dedication to Practice of Family Law, 2014
Family Lawyer of the Year, Southern California Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2014
Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2014
The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Martindale Hubbell, 1993-2009
Southern California Family Law Lawyer of the Year, 2009
Top 100 Southern California Super Lawyers, 2004-2014
Top 500 lawyers in United States, Lawdragon, 2005
Los Angeles County Bar Spencer Brandeis Award for outstanding contribution to the practice of family law, 2004
Zephyr M. Ramsey Award honoree, 2003
Most Respected Family Lawyers in California, California Lawyer, September 1989
“America’s Top Divorce Lawyers,” Town & Country Magazine, January 1998
Memberships
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Chairman of Divorce Taxation /Committee (1998); Member of Professionalism in the Practice Committee (1998- 1999); Counsel to President (1992)
Diplomate, The American College of Family Trial Lawyers (Top 100 Family Law Trial Lawyers)
Fellow, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
American Bar Association, Family Law Section, Council (1991-1994), Taxation and Continuing Legal Education Executive Committees
State Bar of California, – Family Law Section Executive Committee (1986-1989)
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Chairman of Family Law Section (1976-1977)
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Chairman of Family Law Section (1975-1976)
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