Jeffrey J. Lederman is a Partner at Joseph, Cohen & Del Vecchio and an AV Preeminent-rated trial attorney with more than 40 years of experience in complex commercial, real estate, and insurance coverage litigation. He represents clients in high-stakes disputes across a range of industries, including technology, banking, real estate, and insurance.
Mr. Lederman has successfully handled numerous trials, arbitrations, and appeals in both state and federal courts. His practice focuses on commercial contract disputes, consumer and commercial class actions, warranty and tort claims, the Uniform Commercial Code, and consumer protection statutes.
Representative Commercial Litigation Matters Include:
- $9 million recovery in connection with defective power supplies incorporated into a multi-billion-dollar product line
- $3 million AAA arbitration award for misrepresentation, breach of warranties, and contract reformation
- $5.3 million AAA arbitration award (including attorney fees) related to a commercial solar energy project
- Defense of multiple class actions involving consumer claims and arbitration issues
- Representation in a $70 million international laser diode contract dispute
Representative Real Estate and Other Complex Litigation Matters Include:
- Prosecution of a $20 million project finance dispute involving rest homes, secured transactions, and receivership
- Disputes concerning $25 million rights of first offer on commercial facilities
- Successful trial and appellate defense and cross-claim for majority owners in a $25 million shopping center dissolution and accounting matter
- Litigation and workouts involving commercial real estate loans
These results do not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.
Awards and Honors
- Selected as the exclusive recipient for California Litigation in the Client Choice Guide – USA & Canada
- Multiple BTI Client Service All-Star recognitions by the BTI Consulting Group for exceptional client service
- Named a BTI Client Service Super All-Star Attorney in 2017—one of only eight in the U.S., based on multiple client nominations
Professional Background
- Former Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP; served for seven years as Head of the San Francisco Litigation Group
- Former Partner, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now part of DLA Piper)
- Former member, Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the State Bar of California; Chair of its Article 2 Subcommittee
- Volunteered pro bono for more than a decade with the East Palo Alto Volunteer Attorney Program
Education and Admissions
- J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law, 1982, Order of the Coif
– Judicial Extern, Hon. Otto Kaus, California Supreme Court (1981) - B.S., Chemistry, with honors, University of California, Davis, 1977, Phi Beta Kappa
- Admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
