Seth Jaffe is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Levi Strauss & Co. and leads the global legal department in its support of businesses operating in over 110 countries. He is responsible for all aspects of legal, ethics and compliance, global security and resilience, and governance matters, in addition to acting as counselor to the board of directors and executive leadership. He is a member of the company’s Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team. Seth also oversees the Levi Strauss Foundation, whose mission is to bring pioneering social change.
Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co. in 2011, Seth served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of specialty retailer Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Before that, Seth was Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of CareThere Inc., leading a broad range of business and legal areas for a healthcare technology company backed by Johnson & Johnson. Seth began his career at the McCutchen Doyle law firm in San Francisco.
Seth serves on the boards of Hand in Hand, Mill Valley Philharmonic (where he is also timpanist), and the Levi Strauss Foundation. He received degrees with honors from both Brown University and the University of Michigan Law School. In 2015, Seth was named Bay Area Corporate Counsel of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times
Education
A.B., Brown University (1977)
J.D., University of Michigan Law School (1980)
Seth R Jaffe is teaching the following course in Fall 2024:
• 251.73 sec. 001 - Being General Counsel
Courses During Other Semesters
| Semester | Course Num | Course Title |  Teaching Evaluations | Fall 2023 | 251.73 sec. 001 | Being General Counsel | View Teaching Evaluation |
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