email: jmnovatt@napleslaw.com
JEFF M. NOVATT practices in the areas of business transactions, corporate, partnership and tax law. He graduated from Duke University, cum laude, in 1980 with a degree in accounting and obtained his law degree, with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law in 1983. While at the University of Florida, he was a member of the University of Florida Law Review. Mr. Novatt also received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1984.
He is admitted to practice law in Florida and California, and he practiced law in Los Angeles, California for fifteen years before moving to Naples in 1999. Prior to joining Cheffy Passidomo, he was a partner of the law firm of Price, Siket, Solis & Novatt in Naples. In 2001, Mr. Novatt joined Cheffy Passidomo as a shareholder and principal of the Firm.
He is a member of the Collier County Bar Association and the Business and Taxation Sections of The Florida Bar. Mr. Novatt has been admitted to the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Claims Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has written and is a lecturer on tax and business law matters.
Mr. Novatt serves as the business attorney panelist for the “Starting Your Own Business in Collier County” Workshops presented by the Collier County Chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives Association (SCORE). He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the North Naples Little League and remains active in the Duke Alumni Club of Southwest Florida.