Jack D. Griffeth

Jack Griffeth is a shareholder at Collins & Lacy, P.C.  His 34-year practice of law has focused on defense trial work, representing employers in employment related litigation and mediation.  Jack serves as General Counsel to Wofford College, Furman University, and Spartanburg Methodist college.   Jack is a summa cum laude graduate of Wofford College where he earned his degree in Liberal Arts.  He received his Juris Doctor from Duke University.  In 1976, Duke University created the Charles Murphy Award for Jack, in recognition of his unique collegial contributions to the Duke Law School community. Jack has served as the past-president of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Council for the South Carolina Bar, and currently serves as a member of the House of Delegates for the 13^th Judicial Circuit.  Jack also serves as the President-Elect of the Greenville Bar Association and was the 2008 recipient of the Greenville Bar's Tommy Thomason Award.   Most recently, Jack was voted Secretary/Treasurer for the S.C. Bar Foundation Board of Directors. He has been certified as a mediator by the South Carolina Bar and speaks frequently on the subject of mediation. He is considered one of South Carolina’s pre-eminent attorneys and for six consecutive years has been named by his peers a Best Lawyer in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession

 Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Employment
• Mediation
• College & University Law

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• Outstanding Lawyers of America
• Best Lawyers© (2005-2011)
• South Carolina Super Lawyers 
• International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Employment Law Committee 
• Defense Research Institute
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
• South Carolina Bar
  • House of Delegates for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Member
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Council, President (2006-2007)
  • Nominating Committee, (3-Year Term)
• South Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer 
  • Liberty Legacy Donor 
• Greenville Bar Association 
  • Tommy Thomason Award Recipient (2008)
  • Secretary (2009)
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms
  • Employment Section  
• Leadership Greenville X
• Meyer Center for Special Children Board of Directors
  • Former President
• Senior Action Board of Directors
  • Former Vice President
• Loaned Executive for United Way
• Duke Law School Alumni Council
• Wofford Alumni Council
• Greenville Chorale
  • Former President
    

Speaking Engagements

• Free Seminar Series: How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Litigation: Tips to Keep Your Company out of Court, July 29, 2010