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
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Conference on Divorce,
"Current Case Law Update from Community Property States and Related Tax Issues," 1993
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association,
“Dissecting the Corporate and Partnership Tax Returns," August 1993
California Continuing Education of the Bar,
“Divorce Taxation: Strategies and Traps," October 1993
Los Angeles County Bar Association,
"Children and the Law," November 1993
American Bar Association, "Divorce Tax Hot Tips," August 1994
California Continuing Education of the Bar,
"Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans on Dissolution of
Marriage," July 1995
American Bar Association, "Keeping the Client Out of Jail," August 1995
American Bar Association, "Professional Goodwill and Alimony," September 1995
American Bar Association, "Negotiating and Drafting Tax Clauses in Marital Settlement Agreements," April 1996
American College of Family Trial Lawyers,
"Evidentiary Problems II," April 1996
American Bar Association, "Keeping the Client (and Yourself) Out of Jail II," August 1996
American Bar Association, "Planning and Drafting for Business Buyouts in Divorce Cases," August 1996
Beverly Hills Bar Association, "Advanced Motion Practice," November 1996
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
"Litigating Tax Issues," January 1997
Los Angeles County Bar Association,
"Common Tax Problems in Family Law," May 1997
Family Law Section of California Society of Certified Public Accountants, "1997 Tax Act," September 1997
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
"Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Family Law Update on 1997 Tax Relief Act," November 1997
Santa Monica Bar Association, "How to Negotiate A Prenuptial Agreement (And Not Kill the Wedding)," March 1998
American College of Family Trial Lawyers,
"Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Family Law Update on 1997 Tax Relief Act," April 1998
San Diego Bar Association, "Stock Options - Identifying, Dividing, Evaluating and Their Tax Effect," June 1998
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
"When Worlds Collide-Divorce vs. Bankruptcy,” November 1998
Stock Option California CPA Foundation,
"Presenting Complex Pension and Retirement Benefit Issues at Trial," December 1998
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, January 1999
Century City Bar Association, “Intellectual Properties in a Dissolution Context," October 1999
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
“Intellectual Properties in a Dissolution Context," February 2000
Forward and consulant
"The Divorce Lawyers' Guide to Staying Married," Volt Press, 2006