Background
Griffith, Benjamin E. was born on November 19, 1952 in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States.
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Benjamin E. Griffith
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University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1973. Juris Doctor, 1975); spoken languages: German.
Career
McCay versus Jones, 354 So.2d 1095 (Mississippi 1978); Lucas versus Bolivar County, 567 F.Supp. 433 (North Dakota Mississippi 1983), appeal dismissed, 756 F.2d 1230 (5th Circuit 1985); In The Matter of Mitchell, 29 American Trial Lawyers Association L. Rptr. 82 (March 1986); Hygiene Indus. v. Wells, 34 American Trial Lawyers Association L. Rptr. 99 (October 1990); Towles v. Pittman, 34 American Trial Lawyers Association L. Rptr. 328 (North Dakota Georgia. May 1991); Better Living Services, Incorporated. versus Bolivar County and the City of Cleveland, 587 So.2d 914 (Mississippi 1991); Cane v. Worcester County, Maryland, 35 F.3d 921 (4th Circuit 1994), certified denied, 115 South.Ct. 109 (1995), on remand, 874 F. Supp. 687 (Doctorate.Md. 1995), aff"d in part, vacated in part and remanded, 59 F.3d 165 (4th Circuit 1995), cert, denied, 135 L.Ed.2d 106 (1996); Teague v. Attala County, 807 F. Supp. 392 (North Dakota Mississippi 1992), aff"d in part, vacated in part and remanded, 17 F.3d 796 (5th Circuit 1994), appeal after remand, 92 F.3d 283 (5th Circuit 1996), on pet. for certified 65 United States. Law Week 3741 (Docket Number. 96-1695, United States.S.Ct.); Clark v. Calhoun County, Mississippi, 88 F.3d 1393 (5th Circuit 1996).Worked at Griffith & Griffith (Cleveland, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice before all Federal and State Courts and Administrative Agencies, Insurance, Products Liability, Civil Rights Defense, Real Estate, Election Law, Voting Rights and Local Government Representation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Mississippi. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Editorial Board, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Member, Law Alumni Board of Directors, University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1989.
Member, Lamar Order. Author: Case Note, 45 Mississippi Law Journal 1073, 1974.
Comment, 46 Mississippi Law Journal 433, 1975. Company-author: "The Doctrine of Resident Ipsa Loquitur," 48 Mississippi Law Journal 259, 1977.
"Pretrial Discovery of an Insurer"s Investigative File," 9 Voir Dire 10, Number. 8, 1985; "Dare We Trust the Jury? Yes," 18 The Brief 6, Fall, 1988.
"Proactive Defense Strategies in Voting Rights Litigation after Miller v.
Johnson," Municipal Attorney (September/October, 1995), Volume 36, Number. 5 and 19 State and Local Law News, Number. 2, Winter 1996; 28 Urban Lawyer 717 (Fall 1996).
65 Mississippi Law Journal 315 (Winter 1995), Race-Predominant Redistricting After Shaw v.
Hunt and Bush v. Vera: Consigned to the Dustbin of History? 20 State and Local Law News, Number. 1, Fall 1996. Member, Board of Advisors, The Federalist Society of Mississippi, 1994.
Member: Bolivar County, Federal and American (Member: Litigation Section. Torts and Insurance Practice Section.
Vice-Chair, Government Operations Committee and Liability Committee, and Chair, Elections Subcommittee, State and Local Government Law Section) Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (Member: Government Law Section, Chairman, 1992-1993. Litigation Section, 1990. Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993-1997.
Code of Professional Responsibility Study Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1984-1986).
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute (Member, Committees on: Products Liability.
Governmental Liability). American Society of Law and Medicine.
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
National Association of County Civil Attorneys (President, 1992-1993. Member, Board of Directors, 1985). Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys (President, 1989-1990.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1985).
International Municipal Lawyers Association (formerly National Institute of Municipal Law Officers) (Recorder, Litigation and Risk Management Section, 1994-1995). The traditional centerpiece of Griffith and Griffith"s practice has been civil litigation in both State and Federal Court.
With a record of Service to the community and bar beginning with Ellis Griffith in 1951, the Attorneys who followed in his footsteps now utilize traditional talents and the latest technology to serve clients" needs. The firm strongly advocates continued professional study and career development, and is committed to provide a full range of services for clients wherever those needs arise.
As a full service law firm poised for orderly continued growth, we have developed a comprehensive approach to the practice of law, and this, coupled with the personal attention that our firm can provide, is particularly suitable to meet the needs of individual, business and government clients in the Mississippi Delta.
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Membership
Member, Editorial Board, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Member, Law Alumni Board of Directors, University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1989. Member, Lamar Order.
