Jeffrey is a tort and business trial lawyer who has handled many complex matters, involving issues of construction defects, personal injury, products liability, property owner liability, mold, insurance coverage, as well as business, bankruptcy, real estate and intellectual property litigation for the past 49 years. He has also negotiated and documented multi-billion dollar agreements with foreign governments and corporations. Mr. Griffith has won over 36 jury and court trials, over 50 arbitrations, and five out of six appellate matters.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Griffith served as an assistant district attorney and senior briefing attorney to the Chief Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Texas. He served as corporate counsel for the Hughes Aircraft Company and general counsel of another corporation headquartered in Southern California, as well as being a partner in a prominent California law firm.
Jeffrey’s experience in business and business litigation provides a broader perspective on the business impact of litigation on the clients to assure that the management of the litigation serves the clients’ broader business interests. He commits to being available to his clients 24/7 to work in partnership with them to achieve cost effective results.
Jeffrey has been an active member of the Southern California legal community, serving on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Barristers, Chairman of the Los Angeles County Barristers Speakers Program, a delegate to the California State Bar House of Delegates, and an outside grievance arbitrator for the California Youth Authority. He has written numerous articles for the Los Angeles Lawyer and Los Angeles Barrister magazines, as well as contributing to Appellate Procedure in Texas (Matthew Bender 1978) and The ADR Reporter. He served as a guest speaker at the UCLA School of Management on the law of government contracts and as a guest instructor at the UCLA School of Law in trial and appellate advocacy practicums. He has published both fiction and non-fiction in general interest magazines.
Notable Decisions/Results
Jeffrey successfully won a series of appeals and petitions to the California Supreme Court in the case of Harbour Landing-Dolfann, Ltd. v. Anderson (1996) 48 Cal.App.4th 260
Awards and Honors:
Award for winning one of the Top Ten Judgments in the State of California in 2017
