Daniel J. Jaffe is from Cleveland Ohio. He did his undergraduate study at the University of Michigan and was awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1959. In 1962, Dan earned his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and was admitted to the State Bar of California in the same year. Dan Jaffe is a State Bar of California Certified Specialist in Family Law.

Dan is listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Most Respected Family Lawyers in California, California State Bar Journal, 1987-1998.Town and Country Magazine, "America's Top Divorce Lawyers," January 1998, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1993-2000 and is a Fellow, American College of Family Trial Lawyers