Jeffrey R. Chanin

Background

Chanin, Jeffrey R. was born on February 8, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Brown University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1976). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1980).

Career

Worked at Keker & Van Nest, Limited liability partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Business Litigation, including complex Commercial Disputes, Trade Secrets, Patent, Copyright and Trademark, Professional Liability, Securities Fraud, Directors" and Officers" Liability, Class Actions, Consumer Claims, Antitrust, Real Estate, Employment, Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith, Media Defense. Complex Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1981, District of Columbia.

1982, California.

Order of the Coif.

Member, 1978-1979 and Associate Editor, 1979-1980, University of Chicago Law Review. Author: "Judicial Practices and Decision Making in Pretrial Release: A Study of Bail Administration in Rhode Island," Rhode Island Governor"s Justice Commission, 1977.

Director, Rhode Island Bail Project, 1976-1977. Law Clerk: Honorable Patrick East. Higginbotham, United States.

District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1980-1981.

Honorable Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1981-1982. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.

State Bar of California.

The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Chair, Subcommittee on Uniform Trade Secrets Acting/Federal Protection for Trade Secrets, 1993-1994.

Member, Sections on: Litigation. Criminal Justice; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Law).

Keker & Van Nest was founded in 1978 and specializes in business litigation and complex criminal cases.

All of our partners and many of our associates are trial lawyers. Nationally recognized, we have a clientele that includes both corporations and individuals.

Achievements

• Jeffrey R. Chanin has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Judicial Practices and Decision Making in Pretrial Release: A Study of Bail Administration in Rhode Island," Rhode Island Governor's Justice Commission, 1977. Director, Rhode Island Bail Project, 1976-1977. Law Clerk: Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States.
    
    District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1980-1981. Honorable Richard A. Posner, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1981-1982.

Membership

Member, 1978-1979 and Associate Editor, 1979-1980, University of Chicago Law Review.