Jeffery Daar has practiced law since 1982 and is a principal of Daar & Newman. Jeffery takes a holistic approach to clients' legal and business issues. His diverse expertise includes strategic planning, complex state and federal litigation, innovative dispute resolution, and international transactions and disputes. Jeffery assists clients in finding real solutions to problems by implementing both short-term and long-term strategies. Jeffery's practice focuses on both litigation and transactional projects.

Jeffery's extensive litigation background gives him added insight to structuring transactions for clients along with his entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and dispute resolution. Jeffery is known for his extensive background in a number of practice areas, including but not limited to class actions, internationally oriented litigation and transactions, insurance including insurance insolvency, products liability, consumer litigation, unfair competition, appellate work, private post-secondary schools and colleges, and intellectual property.  He has extensive experience with restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, attachments, and other prejudgment relief.  

The cases handled by Jeffery include a wide variety of industries and subjects, including representing municipalities in the Executive Life Insurance Company insolvency, trying a major securities class action before the Delaware Chancery Court, suing the State of Texas in federal court for violations of the First Amendment on behalf of prominent citizens including a Texas County Judge, School Superintendent and private college, foreign distribution and retail disputes, insurance and financial services claims, toxic torts, product liability claims, technology disputes, antitrust cases, and practicing before the California Supreme Court and other state and federal appellate courts.  

While Jeffery is a United States trained lawyer, he has close working relationships with lawyers throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. This permits him to assemble international legal teams for innovative global solutions to business transactions and disputes.  He regularly handles cross-border disputes and transactions. 

Leadership in international and local organizations is part of Jeffery's daily life.  Jeffery was the Chair of the International Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (2007-2009) and is a member of its Executive Committee (2009-2010).  Jeffery has served as a  member of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (2008-2009).  The Los Angeles County Bar awarded Jeffery with the prestigious Matthew S. Rae, Jr., Outstanding Section Leader Award in 2009.  He was also the Co-Chair of the 2007 Symposium on International Arbitration and Litigation Strategies. 

In Consulegis, an international network of law firms, Jeffery is the Chair of its Intellectual Property, Entertainment Law and Information Technology Specialist Group coordinating lawyer specialists in these areas in more than 40 countries.  He is also the Programs Chair for Consulegis (2009-) and a member of its Marketing Steering Group (2010-).

In the State Bar of California, Jeffery is a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California International Law Section (2009-2012) and is its Programs Chair.  He was previously an Advisor to the State Bar of California International Law Section Executive Committee (2008-2009).   

Jeffery is an internationally recognized speaker and writer on international law issues.  He is the Executive Editor of the 560 page handbook International Intellectual Property Law Basics (2008), which was written by him and 53 other international lawyers from around the world on intellectual property law for more than thirty countries and the European Union.  His publications include "Obtaining Strategic Injunctions Against Infringers Of U.S. Patents" and the chapter "Licensing and Regulation of Insurance Adjusters" in the Matthew-Bender treatise, California Insurance Law.  He regularly makes presentations on many different international issues, including recent programs on international arbitration and international litigation strategies, the Convention on the International Sale of Goods, structuring international transactions, and avoiding cultural mishaps.

Jeffery has been appointed by two different Mayors of the City of Los Angeles as a City Commissioner and been approved each time by the Los Angeles City Council.  He is currently the Chairperson of the City of Los Angeles Rent Adjustment Commission, which is responsible for adopting policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the City's Rent Stabilization Ordinance and is the Appeals Board for the City of Los Angeles Housing Department. Jeffery has served as a City Commissioner since 2003.  Jeffery served as the Chair of the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley from 2001 to 2007. Jeffery is also a longtime member of the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party and member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee. Jeffery holds and has held various leadership positions in other nonprofit organizations, including being a Member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Center for International Commercial Arbitration (2009-).

Email: jdaar@daarnewman.com

Practice Areas:
Civil Litigation, focusing on complex disputes
Class actions
International Arbitration
State and Federal Appellate
Business transactions, including cross-border international matters
Insurance
Products liability
Intellectual Property  
First Amendment Litigation

Education:
J.D., University of California, Davis, 1982
· Member of Law Review and Moot Court Board
· Awarded First Place and First Place Brief in Intellectual Property Moot Court competition 

  by the Intellectual Property Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
B.A., Claremont McKenna College, 1979

Admissions:
California Bar (1982)
United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of the United States District Court of California