James D. Griffith

Background

Griffith, James D. was born on August 28, 1929 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Wendell Crabtree and Mary Griffith.

Education

Bachelor, DePauw University, 1951; Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1953.

Career

Associate, Campbell, Clithero & Fischer, Chicago, 1956-1963; partner, Graham, Stevenson & Griffith, Chicago, 1963-1967; principal, Pauker & Griffith, Ltd., Chicago, 1969-1979; private practice,, Chicago, 1967-1969, 80-95; retired, 1995. Magistrate Village of Glenview, Illinois, 1961-1965.

Achievements

• James D. Griffith has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, president Committee on Lake Michigan Pollution, Wilmette, Illinois, 1967-1969, Fifty Percent, Chicago, since 1991. Active Chicago Crime Commission, 1967-1972. President Lake Michigan Federation, Chicago, 1973-1974, 92-94.

President Glenview Civic Party, 1981. Director Family Svc. Center, Wilmette. With United States Army, 1954-1956.

Member National Strategy Forum, Chicago Council on Foreign Rels., Sheridan Shore Yacht Club (Wilmette, commodore 1970), Rotary International.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, tennis, skiing, canoeing, bridge.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Meyer, September 21, 1957 (divorced July 1987). Children: Ian Hunt, Alison Gail Griffith. Married Phyllis A. Zaruba October 22, 1994.

Father:

Wendell Crabtree

Mother:

Mary Griffith

Spouse:

Phyllis A. Zaruba October 22

Spouse:

Elizabeth Meyer

child:

Ian Hunt Griffith

child:

Alison Gail Griffith