Jacquelyn D. Ruffin

Jacquelyn D. Ruffin is a partner at the Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold L.L.P. law firm in Ventura County. She represents businesses, public agencies, and individual clients throughout the State of California in business/corporate, real estate, and land use matters. Illustrative matters include:

• Formation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships;
• Formation of nonprofit corporations and preparation of tax-exempt applications;
• General counsel services for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and nonprofits;
• Assisting clients with buying and selling businesses through stock purchase agreements, LLC membership purchase agreements, and business asset sales;
• Advocating for clients in real estate purchase and sales;
• Providing real estate due diligence, including preliminary title report review and elimination of title exceptions;
• Preparing, negotiating, and analyzing real estate leases and subleases;
• Preparing and negotiating easements;
• Advising clients about protection of their real property interests (e.g., minimizing risk of prescriptive easements); 
• Representation of clients through land use entitlement processes, including CEQA review;
• Representation of public agencies in business matters, real estate matters, and land use matters, including compliance with public agency statutes (e.g., competitive bidding laws, other public contracting laws, and surplus property laws);
• Representation of public agencies in matters related to the Political Reform Act, the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, and similar laws.

Ms. Ruffin earned her Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law. While in law school, she was an extern with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal.

To give back to her community and improve the lives of those around her, Ms. Ruffin previously volunteered at the Oxnard Juvenile Justice Complex through the nonprofit Girls, Inc.; volunteered with several other nonprofits, including Just Communities Central Coast; and worked with the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She is the immediate past president of the Ventura County Bar Association, past president of Women Lawyers of Ventura County, and past president of the Black Lawyers Association of Ventura County. The Pacific Coast Business Times named her the Editor’s Choice for the Top 50 Women in Business in 2018 and named her to the 40 Under 40 in 2014.