Background
LaFave, Jeffrey F. was born on September 7, 1965 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.
LaFave, Jeffrey F. was born on September 7, 1965 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.
University of Redlands (Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, with Departmental Honors in Political Science and History, 1988). Eastern Illinois University. Kings College, London.
University of San Diego School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1990).
Worked at Thorsnes, Bartolotta, McGuire & Padilla (San Diego, California) specializing in Civil Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Negligence, Products Liability, Commercial Law, Sports Law, Plaintiff"s Personal Injury, Plaintiff"s Construction Defect and Land Subsidence. Admitted to the bar, 1991, California and United States.
District Court, Southern District of California.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit and United States. District Court, Northern District of California.
Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortarboard (Vice-President, 1990). Member: Order of the Barristers.
Appellate Moot Court Board.
Moot Court National Team. Trial Team. Author: "The Talismanic Incantation of Military Necessity: Is There A First Amendment In The Not-So Separate Society?" Volume II, Number 2, Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, Spring, 1989. California Regulatory Law Reporter, 1988-1989.
Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. Consumer Attorneys of California.
San Diego Trial Lawyers Association. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Inns of Court, William B. Enright Chapter.
When we founded our firm in 1978 we set out to build a firm of not only the finest members of the bar, but also with people who show excellence in their personal lives. We realized that our clients hire us for who we are, not for the institution where we work. The truth is that a law firm is only as good as its individual lawyers.
Each partner is defined by that extra measure that makes them more than excellent trial lawyers.
They are truly exceptional individuals in every sense of the word.
Member: Order of the Barristers. Appellate Moot Court Board. Moot Court National Team.
Trial Team.