Holistic Business Law for Creative Professionals and Entrepreneurs

The Law Office of Melissa B. Jaffe is a boutique transactional and IP firm for creative businesses. The practice guides international companies, start-up businesses, entrepreneurs, and artists through tricky legal terrain with confidence and efficiency. Melissa understands how to work closely with creative individuals using patience, grace, and regular language, not only “legal speak.” Our office implements a variety of practices in order to meet our clients where they are, assessing optimal communication methods, technological supplements, in-person and virtual forums and even AI, as needed, to maximize fulfillment of our clients’ potential.

Our office draws on our variety of specialists to understand, interpret, and make our clients’ dreams a business reality. We have several different specialists who speak French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian; we consult with specialists in music, engineering, AI, horticulture, web3, and other fields to become part of our clients’ team as opposed to just another boring lawyer.

Art + Entertainment

Business Transactions

Intellectual Property

Fintech + Crypto

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What Clients are Saying

Tesimonials

“Melissa was a godsend for my business. She was able to anticipate my needs and always delivered on time and far beyond what i asked her to do. In many ways, I owe much of my professional organization to her creative ideas and perseverence. I would recommend her work to anyone, regardless of their specific legal needs. She is motivated to help anyone and everyone succeed. What a relief to be able to trust someone like Melissa to help and to do her job expertly. Any small business owner can appreciate the value in her.”

— Tressa Yellig

“Melissa, has the right combination, she knows her stuff, she is very professional, articulate and has a compassionate heart for people. She has a passion for helping creative people in business. Her services are a good investment towards your future success.”

— Rip Caswell

“Melissa worked for me as a contractor. I found her work to be of good quality and I would welcome the chance to work with her again.”

— Eric Strait

“Melissa is a talented polished lawyer - I would certainly recommend retaining her for any Intellectual Property, Advertising, International Transactions, Small Business Development issues or Bankruptcy related needs. She is an exceptional lawyer.”

— Isaac S.

“I first met Melissa in law school. Logical in her thinking and articulate with her thoughts, she was original and outgoing in her approaches to solving problems in the classroom. Combined with her innate intelligence and diligent work ethic, then and still today, she possesses a rare human quality of unbounded kindness. Melissa dedicates herself and her practice wholeheartedly to her causes and sees them through with zeal. I am fortunate to call her a close personal friend and I unconditionally recommend her professionally.”

— Anton H. Labrentz, Esq.

“I had the pleasure of working with Ms. Jaffe on numerous proposals and contracts supporting research at Geron. I routinely met with her to review scope of work outlines and provided her with some background details. In very short order, she would provide a well prepared agreement for implementation. This high level of performance was typical of her great work ethic and analytical skills. She would put in extra time as necessary in order to meet specific deadlines and was able to juggle multiple requests from other departments. Overall, I would strongly recommend Ms. Jaffe to any biotechnology company seeking legal/contract expertise.”

— Hooman Kashani

“During the time we worked together I always found Melissa to be well-informed, diligent, and timely. She was well prepared to handle the technical challenges of the complex field she covered and in addition was a pleasure to work with.”

— Susan Quirk

“Melissa is very dedicated professional. She is enthusiastic and goal oriented. She has a great personal touch and is a pleasure to work with.”

— Jan Holyko

“Melissa is an amazing facilitator and caring advocate for her clients. She also has been an incredible resource to me on matters of intellectual property. The individual care Melissa takes for her business clients on their matters proves that she has as much passion for her clients' individual matters as she has compassion for their unique problems. I reccomend Melissa highly, especially on business matters with a complex intellectual property twist.”

— Hertsel Shadian, LL.M.

“Melissa has provided invaluable legal advice over the past year to my company. Her expertise in the Intellectual Property area and her creativity have helped us create a secure and workable solution for our new business acquisition in Oregon. She is personable, available and willing to go the extra mile to make sure the transaction is completed successfully. I highly recommend Melissa for any business needing Intellectual Property or corporate legal advice.”

— Randy Collins

“Melissa provided a clear and concise method to creating a client agreement using terms I, and my clients, can understand. She took the fear out of creating this document and gave me excellent advice about how to introduce it to clients.”

— Shaunna Griggs Levy

“I'm loving learning how to bring bliss into business!”

— Susan Quirk

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