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Attorney Profile
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EDUCATION
Columbia
University School of Law
New York, N.Y.
J.D., May 1990
Honors: John Ordronaux Prize (for graduating 1st in class); James Kent Scholar, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90.
Activities: Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review; Tutor, Law School Skills Support Program.
Dartmouth College
Hanover, N.H.
B.A., as a Senior Fellow in the field of molecular genetics, June 1986.
Honors: Cum laude; Larmon '14 Debate Scholarship; Pat Bailey Freshman Debating Award; Lockwood Debating Prize.
Bronx High School of Science
Bronx, N.Y.
Graduated with honors in forensics, June, 1982.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.Washington, D.C.
Sole Practitioner, 8/97 - Present
Appellate litigation, motion practice, and advisory work.
Justice Clarence Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court
Law Clerk, 7/96 - 7/97.
Williams & Connolly
Washington, D.C.
Associate, 8/91 - 7/96Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg
Civil litigation, appellate, and advisory work in a broad range of areas.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Law Clerk, 8/90 - 8/91.
BAR ADMISSIONS
New York (1992); District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1993); U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (1994); U.S. Supreme Court (1997); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1998); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2000); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2002); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2004); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2005); U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2006).
PUBLICATIONS
Jaffe, It’s My Party—Or Is It? First Amendment Problems Arising from the Mixed Role of Political Parties, 2007-2008 Cato Supreme Court Review 105 (2008).
Jaffe, When Easy Cases Make Bad Law: Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association, 2006-2007 Cato Supreme Court Review 115 (2007).
Jaffe, McConnell v. FEC: Rationing Speech to Prevent “Undue” Influence, 2003-2004 Cato Supreme Court Review 245 (2004).
Jaffe, A Page of Logic: Eldred v. Ashcroft and the Logic of a Written Constitution, 2002-2003 Cato Supreme Court Review 131 (2003).
Jaffe & Levy, Real Campaign Finance Reform, Regulation 8 (Fall 2002).
Jaffe, Coming Up: October Term 2002, 2001-2002 Cato Supreme Court Review 253 (2002).
Jaffe, et al., The First Amendment and the Securities Laws, 3 Engage 26 (April 2002).
Jaffe, Transcript of Panel Comments, Judicial Elections and Free Speech: Ethics and a Judge’s Campaign Rhetoric, 33 Univ. Toledo L. Rev. 315, 325-30 (Winter 2002).
Jaffe, Campaign Finance and the First Amendment, Center for Individual Freedom monograph (June 2001).
Jaffe, Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Association, Inc. v. United States, 3 Free Speech & Election Law News 16, Spring, 1999.
Jaffe, Herre & Carson, Eliminating Artificial Barriers to the Equitable Distribution of Hearts for Transplantation, 20 J. Corp. L. 109 (1994).
Note "She's Got Bette Davis['s] Eyes": Assessing the Nonconsensual Removal of Cadaver Organs Under the Takings and Due Process Clauses, 90 Colum.L.Rev. 528 (1990).
OTHER
Executive Committee Member, Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group, The Federalist Society, 2002-present. Chairman, 2005-2007; Chairman, Advertising Law & Regulation Subcommittee, 2002-2004.
Contributor (2000-2002), Circuit Split Roundup, a periodic feature in United States Law Week, identifying issues that have divided the federal circuit courts of appeals.
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