Background
Griffith, Robert Rhys was born on March 26, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Arthur G. and Lucy (Hodgkinson) Griffith.
Griffith, Robert Rhys was born on March 26, 1952 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Arthur G. and Lucy (Hodgkinson) Griffith.
Oregon State University (Bachelor of Science, 1974). Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Juris Doctor, Business Editor, Environmental Law, 1984-1985.
Worked at Garvey, Schubert & Barer (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice. Administrative, Admiralty, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Commercial Transactions, Corporate, Employee Benefits Plans, Estate Planning and Probate, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Maritime, Mergers and Acquisitions, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, and Transportation Law. Tax and Business-Related Criminal Defense.
Admitted to the bar, 1985, Oregon and United States.
District Court, District of Oregon. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1992, Washington. United States. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington.
Business Editor, Environmental Law, 1984-1985.
Author: "Sale/Leaseback - Financing the Small Office Building," Oregon State Bar Continuing legal education, 1987. "Federal and State Regulation of Real Estate Lending," Oregon State Bar Continuing legal education 1989. Member: Multnomah County, Washington State (Member: Sections on: Business Law, Creditor Debtor Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law.
RTC/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation/Other Federal Agencies Committee, Mortgages/Other Debt Financing Committee) Bar Associations.
Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Estate and Land Use. Business and Corporate Law.
Financial Institutions Committee). Garvey, Schubert & Barer provides comprehensive legal services to United States. and foreign clients doing business in the United States and other Pacific Rim countries.
These services include advising on business and regulatory matters, structuring commercial transactions and representation in administrative proceedings and federal and state court litigation.
The firm also represents clients in legislative and administrative matters before the United States. Congress and federal agencies.
Member Community Action Task Force, West Linn, Oregon, since 1986. Member American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association (member finance institutions committee since 1985, member joint committee with Oregon Realtors since 1990, member real estate and land use committee), Multnomah County Bar Association, Oregon Bankers Association (bank counsel division), Oregon Mortgage Bankers Association (voting representative), Multnomah Athletic Club, Sigma Chi.
Children: Allyson Nicole, EvanRhys.