Background
Griffin, Richard F. was born on February 22, 1933 in Buffalo, New York, United States.
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Richard F. Griffin
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Canisius College (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). University of Buffalo (Bachelor of Laws, 1957).
Career
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Tax, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1957, New New York
Note Editor, Buffalo Law Review, 1956-1957.
Instructor in Trial Practice, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 1962-1965. Author: "Prejudicial Elements in Plaintiff"s Arguments for Damages," II Defense Law Journal 1, 1962.
"Taxes, Inflation & Reduction to Present Worth - An Update," the Bulletin-Chronicle, Volume 26, Number. 4, April 1981; "The Role of the Claim Agent Before the Court: Pre-Trial Conferences and Trial," 29 The Bulletin Chronicle, Number.
1, p. 18, 1984; "How to Approach Settlement Negotiations," 13 The Brief, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practices Section Number.
2, p. 21, 1984; "Strategy Foreign A Plaintiff"s Deposition In An FELA Case," The Chronicle, Volume 32, Number. 6, 1987; "Preparing for and Trying the Civil Lawsuit," Chp.
Settlement, New York State Bar Association, 1987.
"How is Your Circuit Aligned? Drawbars," The Chronicle, Volume 40, Number. 2, p. 86, 1995; Commentaries (Discovery), Article 31, CPLR for CLS. Member: Erie County (President, 1977-1978. Chairman, Advisory Committee of Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1983.
Member, Advisory Committee of Civil Justice Reform Acting, Western District of New York, 1991-1993), New York State (Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1984.
Vice President, Eighth Judicial District, 1982. Executive Committee Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1987-1993) and American (Member: Section on Litigation.
Trial Tactics Committee) Bar Associations. Defense Research Institute (Member, Civil Practice and Procedures Committee).
Trial Lawyers Association of Erie County.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (President, 1982-1983). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland.
Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
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Membership
Member: Erie County (President, 1977-1978. Chairman, Advisory Committee of Volunteer Lawyers Project, 1983. Member, Advisory Committee of Civil Justice Reform Acting, Western District of New York, 1991-1993), New York State (Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1984.
Vice President, Eighth Judicial District, 1982.
Executive Committee Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1987-1993) and American (Member: Section on Litigation. Trial Tactics Committee) Bar Associations.
Defense Research Institute (Member, Civil Practice and Procedures Committee). Trial Lawyers Association of Erie County.
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (President, 1982-1983).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
