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Daniel P. Jaffe

Senior Counsel

Dan primarily practices trial and appellate civil litigation, including products liability claims and commercial disputes. He also represents clients in transactions for the purchase, sale and licensing of high technology products and services.

He has obtained outstanding litigation results with reductions in costs for national corporate clients. His accomplishments as both a litigator and supervisor of litigation include forming and managing multiple role litigation teams of national and local counsel in more than 350 cases in more than 40 jurisdictions.

Dan has successfully implemented programs for reducing/avoiding liability by preparing product warnings, developing and implementing recalls, training client personnel in report writing and recordkeeping, drafting contract provisions that require suppliers to indemnity clients, and developing and implementing bad venue avoidance strategies.

Prior to joining the firm, Dan handled trial and appellate work in the areas of antitrust, Uniform Commercial Code, civil RICO claims, products liability, real estate and insurance defense. He also previously served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as an Assistant Attorney General.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, Litigation: General Commercial Law (Missouri), 2010-2011
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Torts Insurance Practice Section 
  • The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis 
  • District of Columbia Bar 
  • Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board, 1977-1980 
  • Massachusetts Merit Rating Board, 1976-1980 
  • The Missouri Bar 
  • New York State Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • Jewish Community Center of Saint Louis, Board of Directors, 1997-2007
  • New Hope Community Inc., Custodial and Long Range Planning Committees
  • New Hope Community Foundation Inc., Board of Directors, 2012-present