Yonah Jaffe

Yonah Jaffe is a partner in the New York office of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, where he primarily represents plaintiffs in complex financial litigation, with substantial experience litigating in the context of bankruptcy/insolvency proceedings. He has represented plaintiffs, defendants, bankruptcy trustees, liquidators and creditors in a variety of matters in state and federal courts, including professional malpractice actions, claims against fiduciaries, business tort matters, shareholder derivative litigation, judgment enforcement, fraudulent-transfer litigation, contractual disputes and other bankruptcy litigation matters. Mr. Jaffe began his career in bankruptcy court, clerking for Chief Judge Carla E. Craig of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. In addition to bankruptcy matters, he has litigated extensively in New York state court, and is often consulted to provide procedural insight and strategy on matters pending in New York courts. Mr. Jaffe also has been involved in state and federal litigation matters across the country. A significant part of his practice involves investigating and assessing litigation claims pre-suit. Mr. Jaffe was selected to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 and Under Hot List,” and has been named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star.” He received his B.S. magna cum laude in marketing from Tuoro College and his J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as a notes and comments editor for the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.