Jaffe D. Dickerson has been a specialist in the field of labor and employment law for over 30 years and represents public and private sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law before state and federal administrative agencies and courts. He also has particular expertise with education law and non-profit corporation law, working most often with universities, non-profit organizations, and public and private sector employers.

Additionally, Jaffe regularly presents management training programs and advises on specialized areas of labor and employment law, including:

• Alternative dispute resolution
• Workplace privacy issues
• Performance evaluation
• Executive employment agreements
• Workplace violence prevention
• Employment discrimination
• Wrongful termination
• Sexual harassment

He has authored and co-authored numerous articles on labor, employment and education law.

Jaffe joined Littler in 1988 after 11 successful years as university counsel for a major public university system in California. He previously served on the Board of Directors and is the former chair and a founding member of Littler Mendelson's Diversity Council. He also co-chairs the firm's Diversity Consulting Practice Group, which helps employers to create diversity programs that are legally defensible and monitors their success.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Labor and Employment Law / Public Law sections - State Bar of California
• Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys
• Former member, Finance Committee - National Association of College and University Attorneys
• Former chair, Finance Committee Subcommittee on Investments - National Association of College and University Attorneys
• Former chair, Labor and Employment Section - National Bar Association
• Former member/chair/advisor, Executive Committee, Public Law Section - State Bar of California
• Former member/chair/advisor, Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section - State Bar of California

RECOGNITION

• Recipient,  Public Service Award - Compton Unified School District Education Foundation, 2010
• Named, Super Lawyer - Southern California, 2010