Judianne Jaffe

Member

Phone: (310) 478-2541
Fax: (310) 473-0123
E-mail: jjaffe@dwclaw.com

Practice Areas

Complex Business Litigation
Tax Litigation

practice emphasis

Judianne Jaffe is an AV-rated attorney. Her practice focuses on complex business litigation and trials in the California courts, in U.S. District Courts and in U.S. Tax Court. She also represents clients in regulatory disputes, arbitrations and judicial references. Ms. Jaffe’s expertise includes disputes involving:

Competitive practices
Intellectual property
Real property and construction
Partnership and corporate restructuring
Internet media
Motion picture and video financing, production and distribution
Probate
Insolvency
Tax

Ms. Jaffe represents North American and Pacific Rim companies from a wide variety of industries, including:

Publicly and privately held developers
A musical instrument manufacturer
An automobile manufacturer
Aftermarket auto parts and equipment manufacturers, distributors and retailers
A motion picture completion guarantor subsidiary of an international insurance conglomerate
An international heavy construction equipment leasing company
A web-hosting and software development firm

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Southern California Law School, 1976

Order of the Coif

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, summa cum laude, 1972

Phi Beta Kappa

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

State Bar of California, admitted 1976

Chair, Committee on Administration of Justice, 1990-91

U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for all California districts

AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of California

Chair, Committee on Administration of Justice, 1990-91
Member, Litigation Section

Beverly Hills Bar Association

Chair, Litigation Section, 1980-81 and 1994-96
Associate Editor, Beverly Hills Bar Journal, 1977-80

Los Angeles County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections

ACTIVITIES

Trustee, John Wayne Cancer Institute at St. John's Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica.