Jason Jarvis

Biography

Jason Jarvis currently serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He teaches Civil Procedure, Remedies, and Complex Litigation; and in the Online Masters program teaches a unique class called "Practical Litigation." His scholarship focuses on civil procedure, jurisdiction, and federalism; and is forthcoming or has appeared in the Stanford Law Review, Alabama Law Review, and the Emory Law Journal, among others.

Prior to joining the faculty at Pepperdine Caruso Law, Dean Jarvis was an experienced litigator, first in the appellate and Supreme Court practice group at Jones Day in Washington, DC, and eventually at Los Angeles litigation firm Levinson, Arshonsky & Kurtz LLP, where he focused on trade secrets and employment trial litigation. He has argued numerous cases in the federal and state courts of appeal and tried cases in the areas of trade secrets, property, and administrative law. Before entering private practice, Dean Jarvis clerked for the Honorable Alice M. Batchelder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Dean Jarvis graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine Law School, where he was the managing editor of the Pepperdine Law Review. He is married to Emily A. A. Jarvis, a professor of chemistry.

Education

• J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 2003
• B.A., Pepperdine University Seaver College, 1995