Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Robert H. Griffith is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a member of the firm's General Commercial Litigation and Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practices.

Mr. Griffith's practice focuses on complex commercial and securities litigation matters, including class actions, derivative actions and multidistrict litigation. He has represented corporate clients, and their officers, directors and employees, in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in numerous arbitration forums. Mr. Griffith also has extensive experience in the area of ERISA litigation, and he has defended numerous class and individual ERISA claims, as well as claims brought under various states' consumer fraud statutes.

Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Griffith was a partner in the Chicago office of Ungaretti & Harris, LLP, where his practice focused on commercial litigation and securities litigation and enforcement matters.

Mr. Griffith received his bachelor's degree (B.B.A, 1993) in finance from the University of Iowa. He received his J.D. from Chicago - Kent College of Law in 1996.

Mr. Griffith is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois, as well as before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Mr. Griffith is a member of the American Bar Association and its Litigation and Labor & Employment Law Sections, as well as its Securities and Class Actions/Derivatives Suits Committees.

Areas of Practice

• General Commercial Litigation
• Securities Enforcement & Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

• Ungaretti & Harris, LLP, Chicago, Partner

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1996
  J.D.
• University of Iowa, Iowa, 1993
  B.B.A.
  Major: Finance

Address

321 North Clark
Suite 2800
Chicago, IL 60654

Phones

(312) 832-5174

Faxes

312-832-4700

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