Jeffrey J. Lederman, a Partner with the California law firm of Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio, is an AV-peer-review rated attorney bringing over 40 years of experience in complex commercial, real estate, and insurance coverage litigation matters. He has an outstanding track record as a trial lawyer in State and Federal Court, specializing in disputes across technology, real estate, banking, and insurance sectors. Mr. Lederman’s expertise encompasses consumer and commercial class actions, contract and warranty claims, business torts, the Uniform Commercial Code, and consumer protection statutes.
Representative commercial litigation matters include:
- $9 million recovery on behalf of Fortune 500 company in connection with defective power supplies incorporated into client’s multi-billion dollar product line.
- $3 million AAA arbitration client award for misrepresentation, breach of representations and warranties and reformation of contract against selling shareholders.
- $5.3 million AAA arbitration client award (including recovery of attorney fees) before a three-member arbitration panel concerning a large commercial solar energy project.
- Representation of a public snack food company in multiple class actions involving consumer claims and commercial class-action waiver/arbitration issues
- Representation of a public company in connection with a $70 million international laser diode contract.
Representative real estate and other complex litigation matters include:
- Representation of a well-known financial institution in the prosecution of a $20 million project finance dispute involving multiple rest homes, complicated real and personal property security issues, and receivership.
- Representation of public company in connection with $25 million rights of first offers on their facilities.
- Successful defense and cross-complaint for dissolution and accounting for 73% owners of a $25 million shopping center following trial and affirmed on appeal.
- Representation of lenders in litigation claims against (and workouts with) borrowers involving commercial loans secured by real estate.
These results do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.
Mr. Lederman has recently received the following awards and honors:
- Previously selected as the exclusive recipient for California Litigation in the Client Choice Guide – USA & Canada
- Multiple BTI client Service All-Star awards by the BTI Consulting Group, recognizing attorneys for exceptional client service.
- In 2017, Mr. Lederman received his third recognition from the BTI Consulting Group as one of only eight Client Service Super All-Star Attorneys after being nominated by multiple clients.
Mr. Lederman’s past law firm experience includes:
- Partner with Winston & Strawn LLP and for seven years Head of its San Francisco Litigation Group.
- Partner in the Palo Alto office of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now part of DLA Piper).
Mr. Lederman was one of several attorneys featured in Martindale-Hubbell’s Counsel to Counsel January 2011 spotlight on class actions. Mr. Lederman previously served as a member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the State Bar of California and chaired its Article 2 Subcommittee. He also volunteered pro bono for more than a decade to the East Palo Alto Volunteer Attorney Program.
Mr. Lederman was awarded his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Davis in 1982, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. In 1981, Mr. Lederman served as an extern to Justice Otto Kaus of the California Supreme Court. He received a B.S. in Chemistry, with honors, from the University of California at Davis in 1977, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Partner and SCCA racer Jeff Lederman in his Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio-sponsored Stohr-Dauntless Prototype 1, Pacific Raceways, Kent, WA. Click Image to Enlarge.
