James D. GRIFFIN

Background

Griffin, James David was born on July 10, 1958 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of James Alwyn and S. Nadine (Entrikin) Griffin.

Education

Kansas State University (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1980). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1983).

Career

Worked at Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi Limited Liability Partnership (Overland Park, Kansas) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Franchise and Distributorship Law, Architectural, Engineering and Construction Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Business and Commercial Litigation, Copyright, Trademark and Intellectual Property, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Health Law, Immigration Law, Insurance Defense, International Law, Labor and Employment, Medical Device Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipality Law, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Public Utilities, Real Estate, Securities Law, Tax, Workers" Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Missouri. 1985, Kansas.

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1997.

Author: with Griffin, J., Reitz, C., "A Review of the Kansas Comparative Fault Acting," Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (June 1994).

With Griffin, J., Yoder West., "Using "Daubert" to Exclude Expert Opinions on Ultimate Issues," Dirty Rotten Imbeciles-Foreign the Defense (June 1996), Reprinted in the premier issue of Mealey"s Daubert Report. "Court"s Must Vigorously Scrutinize Testimony by "Professional Experts,"" Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder (December 18, 1996).

Member: Johnson County and Kansas Bar Associations. Missouri Bar.

Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi was established in 1916 and has grown to over 200 lawyers with fully staffed offices in Kansas City, Missouri.

Overland Park, Kansas, Omaha, Nebraska, and London, England.

Achievements

• James David Griffin has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Kansas Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Kansas Inn Court (barrister 1994-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: reading history, gardening.

Connections

Married Susan Clare Hamilton, May 30, 1980. Children: James Andrew, Julia Marie.

Father:

James Alwyn Griffin

Mother:

S. Nadine (Entrikin) Griffin

Spouse:

Susan Clare Hamilton

child:

Julia Marie Griffin

child:

James Andrew Griffin