About Us: History
FIRM HISTORY
Griffith & Griffith's civil litigation practice centers on trials
and appeals in state and federal courts on behalf of public sector clients.
Our firm's record of service to the community, state and bar began with
Ellis Griffith, who earned an L.L.M and Juris Doctor from the University
of Mississippi School of Law in 1950 and a Masters In Taxation from New
York University in 1951. All of the attorneys who followed in his footsteps
earned their Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of
Law. Building on a solid foundation of professionalism and commitment to
equal justice and the rule of law, their practice focuses on representation
and defense of state and local governments, city and county officials and
public sector insurers in the areas of election law, civil rights, employment
discrimination, public sector insurance coverage, and environmental law.
Our firm has developed a comprehensive approach to the practice of state
and local governmental law. We strongly advocate continued professional
education and career development through bar-sanctioned seminars, institutes
and publications.
Our practice is
enhanced by the personal attention and depth of experience that a four-lawyer
firm can provide. Our firm's ability to serve and be
responsive to the needs and best interests of our clients is enhanced by
cutting-edge technology, remote computer access that enables us to "carry
the firm" with us anywhere in the nation, electronic data retrieval
and storage that gives our clients immediate access to crucial information,
and computer-assisted legal research through WestLaw, LexisNexis and other
online services that enable us to pass on significant savings in time and
cost to our clients. These and other advances in the technological tools
of modern law practice have helped us meet the needs of governmental clients
statewide and provide a solid base of operations for a multi-state governmental
practice. Members of the firm are recognized as leaders in their field.
They hold such positions as Chair-elect of the 5000-member ABA Section
of State and Local Government Law, International Municipal Lawyers Association's
State Chair for Mississippi, World Jurist Association's National President
for the USA, and membership in the ABA Standing Committee on Election Law
by appointment by the President of the ABA. Members of the firm have also
served as president of the National Association of County Civil Attorneys,
president of the Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys,
president of the Bolivar County Bar Association, chair of the Mississippi
Bar's Government Law Section, and chair of IMLA's Counties and Special Municipal
Districts Department. In addition, firm members are active members in the
Mississippi School Board Attorneys Association, Young Lawyers Division
of the Mississippi and American Bar Associations, Defense Research Institute,
and hold charter membership in the Technology Committee of the Mississippi
Bar. Our commitment to the legal profession on the state, national and
international level is underscored by the induction of firm members as
Fellow in the Mississippi Bar Foundation, IMLA Local Government Fellow,
Fellow in the International Society of Barristers, and support of legal
education through the Lamar Order.
Our firm is AV rated
in Martindale Hubbell and listed in MH's Bar Register of Preeminent
Lawyers for 2000 to the present. Firm members are actively involved
in CLE programs, lectures and seminar presentations for Defense Research
Institute, International
Municipal Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, state bar
associations, legal clinics and institutes throughout the nation, and maintain
a strong continuing education program for public sector insurer clients,
the law enforcement community and local government organizations.
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