Background
Griggs, Robert S. was born on July 31, 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Robert S. Griggs
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (South.B., 1949). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1952).
Career
Worked at McConnell Valdes (San Juan, Puerto Rico) specializing in Corporate, Tax, Tax Exemption Law. Admitted to the bar, 1952, New New York 1955, Puerto Rico.
Tau Beta Pi.
Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1950-1952. Author: "The Effect of the New Super Royalty Regulations on 936 Corporations," Business Puerto Rico, Spring 1992, p. 53; "Puerto Rico in the North American Free Trade Agreement Era," XVIII Journal of the Flagstaff Institute, April 1994, p.
1.
"North American Free Trade Agreement Highlights Tax Advantages of Puerto Rico versus Mexico," 5 Journal of International Taxation, May 1994, p. 196, reprinted and abridged, 11 Texas Transnational Law Quarterly, July 1995, p.
15.
"Deadline Nears for Electing 936 Percentage Limitation Method," 6 Journal of International Taxation, August 1995, p. 360; "Internal Revenue Service Provides Guidance on New Section 936 Credit Limitation Methods," 6 Journal of International Taxation, October 1995, p. 469; "United States. Proposes 936 Repeal, but Puerto Rico has an Alternative Plan," 7 Journal of International Taxation, March 1996, p.
100.
"Congress Votes Partial 936 Repeal to Pay for Small Businesses Tax Relief," 7 Journal of Taxation, August 1996, p. 377; "Industries Mull Use of CFCs in Puerto Rico Following 936 Repeal," 7 Journal of International Taxation, October 1996. Lecturer in Continuing Education World Trade Institute.
With Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York, 1952-1954.
With McConnell Valdés since 1954. Partner, 1958-1991; Managing Partner, 1979-1990.
Member: The Association of the Bar of The City of New New York American Bar Association (Member, Sections of: Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Taxation).
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Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1950-1952.
