Griffeth Serve as Secretary/Treasurer

The South Carolina Bar Foundation announces Jack D. Griffeth as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Foundation. Griffeth is a shareholder with Collins & Lacy. His 34-year practice of law has focused on defense trial work, representing employers in employment related litigation and mediation. Griffeth serves as General Counsel to Wofford College, Furman University and Spartanburg Methodist College. He 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 Griffeth, in recognition of his unique collegial contributions to the Duke Law School community. Griffeth has served as the past-president of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Council for the South Carolina Bar, and he currently serves as a member of the House of Delegates for the 13^th Judicial Circuit. Griffeth also serves as the President-Elect of the Greenville Bar Association and was the 2008 recipient of the Greenville Bar’s Tommy Thomason Award. He has been certified as a mediator by the South Carolina Bar and speaks frequently on the subject of mediation. Griffeth took office on July 1.