Kevin D. Chaffin is a trial lawyer and the founder of Chaffin Law Group PC, a California litigation firm focused on employment, business, and high-stakes disputes. His practice is built on winning jury trials, securing arbitration awards, and aggressively litigating cases where the outcome matters. He represents clients on both sides of disputes — companies, executives, founders, shareholders, and individuals.
He is one of a small number of attorneys in the United States who has served as General Counsel of a publicly traded company while maintaining an active trial practice with wins on both sides of the table. That record was built across both sides of the litigation divide — plaintiff and defendant, employee and employer, individual and institution. He has represented workers fired for reporting unsafe conditions and the companies responding to OSHA enforcement. He has tried cases to jury verdict and arbitration award, directed Human Resources for a workforce of more than 3,000 employees across 13 states, and managed litigation and compliance for national and international business operations. He has negotiated executive compensation on the way in and litigated those agreements on the way out.
What that means for clients: he has operated inside the decision-making structure of a public company and inside the courtroom at trial. He understands how companies evaluate risk, how boards make decisions under pressure, and how opposing counsel will approach a case — because he has been in that role.
His practice at Chaffin Law Group PC focuses on employment, business, and high-stakes litigation, including executive compensation and separation disputes, partnership and shareholder conflicts, business divorce, fiduciary duty litigation, and complex commercial matters. In appropriate matters, he structures hybrid and success-aligned fee arrangements for clients who are equity-rich or claim-rich but cannot outlast a well-funded adversary through attrition.
