Kevin D. Chaffin - Westlake Village, CA
Attorney at Chaffin Law Group PC
Employment Lawyers in Westlake Village, CA
2829 Townsgate Road Suite 100 Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Westlake Village Employment Lawyer
Updated: 07/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Employment
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Executive Compensation & Separation Disputes
- Partnership, Shareholder & LLC Member Disputes
- Business Divorce & Founder Conflicts
- Select Plaintiff-Side Executive & Business Claims
Attorney Information
Overview
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.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure
Education
Legal Education
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Pepperdine University School of Law,
Malibu,
California, 1997
J.D.
Honors: Dean’s honor list
Honors: With Honors
Honors: American Jurisprudence award in Civil Procedure
Law Review: Pepperdine Law Review
Non Legal Education
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Pepperdine University,
Malibu,
California, 1994
B.A.
Major: Political Science
Major: Sociology
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney
Languages
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English
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Spanish
Bar Admissions
- California, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
- California Employment Lawyers Association (Member)
- Western Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), Board of Directors Legal Committee (Member)
- California Cattlemen's Association (Member)
- National Native American Bar Association (Member)
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) (Former Member)
- Step Up Ventura (Former Board of Directors)
- Project Understanding (Former Board of Directors)
- Ruben Navarro Foundation, 2008 - Present (Former Founder & Chairman)
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Contact
2829 Townsgate Road
Suite 100
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Phone Number: 805-330-1960
Fax Number: 805-427-8940
Email: Send a message
Website: http://chaffinlawgroup.com/
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