James M. Griffin
Jim Griffin is an accomplished trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience representing clients in civil and criminal courts at the federal and state level. He has been the lead trial counsel in a number of cases featured in national and state news publications, magazines and television programs. One of Mr. Griffin’s criminal trials was broadcast on a popular television cable channel devoted to court trials and his client was acquitted before a nationwide audience. Griffin has also obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for clients in civil cases.
Mr. Griffin has extensive experience representing clients charged with federal crimes, such as mail and wire fraud, healthcare fraud, mortgage and securities fraud, public corruption, government contractor and procurement fraud, and criminal tax charges. He also represents medical doctors, nurses, dentists and other licensed professionals charged with administrative violations. In addition, Mr. Griffin is actively engaged in civil litigation, primarily in the areas of complex business and commercial litigation, class actions involving consumer fraud, securities and bank fraud litigation, unfair business practices, and catastrophic or significant personal injury and death caused by negligent misconduct or resulting from the use of harmful products, drugs and medical devices, and from toxic exposure to dangerous chemicals and pollutants.
Griffin is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating available for legal ability and adherence to ethical standards.
Education
Wake Forest University, 1984
- Cum Laude Graduate
- BA Economics
University of South Carolina School of Law, 1987
- Law Review
- Order of Coif
- Order of Wig & Robe
- Student Honor Council
Bar admissions and memberships
- South Carolina, 1987
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1998
- United States Court of Federal Claims, 2009
- American Association For Justice
- National Association of Criminal Defenses Lawyers
- South Carolina Association for Justice
Professional experience
- Law Clerk, United States District Court Judge, Honorable Dennis W. Shedd-1990-1992
- Assistant United States Attorney, District of South Carolina-1992-1994
- Private Practice-1987-1990 and 1995 to present
Presentations
- Sentencing Strategies in Federal Court, SC Ass. For Justice, Annual Meeting, 2009
- Effective Use of Polygraphs, S.C. Bar Criminal Hot Tips, 2003
- Selecting and Using Expert Witnesses in Federal Court, BRI, 2003
- Civil Litigation-Defense, S.C. Bar “Bridge the Gap,” 2002
- Securities Fraud Prosecutions, White Collar Crimes Symposium, SC Bar CLE 1995
Selected reported cases
- Brandt v. Gooding, 636 F.3d 124, 4th Cir.( 2011)
- State v. Brandt, ___ S.C. ___, 713 S.E.2d 591 (2011)
- Brown v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 2009 WL 4809426 (D.S.C. Dec. 9, 2009)
- Martin v. Stewart, 499 F.3d 360, 364 (4th Cir. 2007)
- Jinks v. Richland County, 538 U.S. 456, on remand, 355 S.C. 341 (2003)
- Martin v. Condon, 324 S.C. 183, 478 S.E.2d 272, 276 (1996)
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