Steven J. Joffee

Steve serves as a trusted advisor, privacy and cybersecurity expert, and lead litigation counsel to many top national and international companies. His clients include technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, communications, financial services, real estate, manufacturing, and state and federally regulated companies, as well as developers, property owners, and others.

After gaining in depth knowledge of his clients’ businesses, Steve serves as a single, highly responsive source to efficiently and effectively manage their outside counsel needs, such as data privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, advertising, labor and employment, corporate and transactional, mergers and acquisitions, health and regulatory, real estate, litigation, and tax.

Solutions in action

Steve was part of the team of attorneys who prevailed before the U.S. Supreme Court in the precedent-setting case AOSI v. U.S. Aid. Thanks to the team’s efforts, the Court held that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the federal government from placing conditions on federal funding to private organizations that require the organization to adopt and publicly profess a viewpoint that mirrors the government’s view but is not held by the organization itself.

He also prevailed in Evans Development v. Salt Lake City Corporation, in which the Utah Supreme Court held that a condemning authority had exceeded the limits of its authority to take property through the exercise of eminent domain power.

Steve’s other notable representative experience includes:

• Prevailed in a multi-billion-dollar breach of contract dispute between an aerospace company and the U.S. government.
• Successfully defended against several privacy-related class action and arbitration claims, involving claims under California, Illinois, Florida, and New York privacy statutes.
• Prevailed at trial and on appeal to the Utah Supreme Court in a high-profile case in which a city challenged the constitutionality of the Utah State Legislature’s creation of a government-run logistics and distribution corporation.
• Defended against and obtained highly favorable settlements in class action disputes arising from data breaches.
• Successfully defended an insurance company against multimillion-dollar claims alleging breach of contract and tortious interference, obtaining a settlement shortly after finishing opening statements in a jury trial.
• Achieved a unanimous jury verdict awarding a property developer nearly $2 million in just compensation in an eminent domain case.