Counsel in the Boardroom and Lawyers Serving on Boards, Including Ethical Considerations (2026 Edition)

Ms. Jaffari earned her J.D. from George Washington University Law School, her M.B.A. with honors from Temple University, and her B.B.A. summa cum laude from Temple University. She is admitted to the bars of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Moody R. Tidwell III of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Ms. Jaffari has earned numerous accolades throughout her career. She has been named "Best of the Bar" and a "Woman of Distinction" by the Philadelphia Business Journal, a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" for securities and corporate finance, and one of Philadelphia's "40 Under 40." She received the "Star Influencer" award from SmartCEO's Centers of Influence Awards and was named to SmartCEO's Legal Elite as a go-to attorney for business legal advice. The Philadelphia Bar Association's Business Law Section honored her with the Dennis H. Replansky Memorial Award in recognition of her legal talent, mentoring reputation, civic contributions, and professional integrity, as well as the Committee of the Year and Chair of the Year Awards. She was also selected for the Philadelphia Business Journal's Diversity in Business Award in 2025, named Ally of the Year by the Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association, and recognized on City & State Pennsylvania's inaugural Impact 50 list. She is the recipient of the Adjunct Teaching Award for Excellence in the Classroom from Temple University's Fox School of Business.

Ms. Jaffari served as the 98th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 2025, the oldest bar association in the United States, having previously served as Chancellor-Elect, Vice Chancellor, and Chair of the Board of Governors. She chairs the Corporate Governance Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and serves as Vice Chair of the Advisory Board of the Raj & Kamla Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University. She is a prolific speaker and writer, having co-edited the book ESG in the Boardroom, A Guidebook for Directors, published through the American Bar Association. Ms. Jaffari serves as an adjunct professor at Temple University's Fox School of Business and Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. Deeply committed to public service, she has represented abused and neglected children as a volunteer attorney with the Support Center for Child Advocates for nearly 30 years, earning recognition as a Distinguished Advocate and receiving the First Judicial District's Roll of Honor for pro bono service. She currently serves as Special Corporate Counsel on a pro bono basis to DirectWomen, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the representation of women on corporate boards.

Ms. Jaffari's practice encompasses the full spectrum of corporate governance, securities law, and ESG advisory work. She guides boards and management teams through governance structure, fiduciary duties, risk oversight, board and committee composition, special committee investigations, conflicts of interest, executive transitions, succession planning, shareholder activism, and governance best practices. Her securities experience includes public offerings, stock-for-stock mergers, private placements, 144A transactions, multi-class recapitalizations, SEC compliance, and NYSE and NASDAQ listing matters. She also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, internal and external investigations, compliance program development, and corporate counseling from startup through maturity. Ms. Jaffari routinely provides training programs for boards, management teams, and employees on governance and securities topics, including insider trading and fair disclosure.