Background
Griggs, James Clayton was born on August 8, 1949 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of Clayton and Rose Jane (Bunch) Griggs.
Griggs, James Clayton was born on August 8, 1949 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of Clayton and Rose Jane (Bunch) Griggs.
Willamette University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975). New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1976).
Staff Member, 1973-1974 and Editor-in-Chief, 1974-1975, Willamette Law Journal.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law, 1979-1988.
Worked at Saalfeld, Griggs, Gorsuch, Alexander & Emerick, Professional Corporation (Salem, Oregon) specializing in Business, Taxation, Real Estate and Land Use, Construction, Banking, Creditors Rights, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Pension and Profit Sharing, Administrative Law. Environmental Law, Commercial and Tax Litigation in all Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Oregon.
1976, United States.
District Court, District of Oregon. 1978, United States. Tax Court. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Editor-in-Chief, Willamette Law Journal, 1974-1975.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law, 1979-1988. Member: Oregon State Bar (Member and Chairman, 1981-1982, Business Law Section.
Member, Taxation Section). Saalfeld, Griggs, Gorsuch, Alexander & Emerick, Professional Corporation was founded in 1932 under the name of Winslow and Harland.
Since its inception, the firm has grown to become an aggressive and expanding business law firm providing high quality and timely legal services to entrepreneurs and businesses located in the mid-Willamette Valley.
The firm"s community involvement includes active participation and leadership in the Salem Schools Foundation, the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, the Salem Downtown Association, Willamette University, Chemeketa Community College Foundation, The Salem Art Association, Mission Mill, Gilbert House, Rotary, The Salem Economic Development Corporation, The Salem Library Foundation and other charitable and civic organizations. Members of the firm have served on a variety of local and state bar committees and are frequent speakers at continuing legal education seminars.
Board of directors, president Salem Art Association, 1986-1992, Salem Schools Foundation, 1990-1993. Board directors Boys and Girls Club Salem, Marion and Polk Counties, since 1992. Member Oregon State Bar (chairman business and corporation law section 1981-1982), Mid-Valley Tax Forum (founder, planning committee since 1990).
Married Jane Chane Dillard, October 4, 1992.