David Griffin

• Admitted to Practice 1977
• J.D., Loyola University Law School, 1977. Civil Litigation emphasis
• Internship: Los Angeles Superior Court, Law and Discovery Department.
• B.A., California State University, 1974.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Mr. Griffin has been in engaged in general civil practice since being admitted to the California State Bar in 1977. As Chief Trial Counsel in several firms he has served as lead counsel in over one hundred major trials. The matters involved representation of both Plaintiffs and Defendants in both State and Federal Courts. He has appeared before several Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court. He has handled matters in in over twenty states and eleven foreign countries.

Mr. Griffin has represented a number of plaintiffs and defendants in CERCLA and related environmental actions involving a wide range of toxic substances. His experience has involved extensive involvement in. civil engineering, geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, toxicology and remediation technology. Mr. Griffin spent several years extensively involved in product defect litigation involving Techite, Transite, HDPE and several other types of pipes. Mr. Griffin is currently involved in extensive litigation chemical contamination, soil and groundwater remediation as well as vapor intrusion. He is a member of the scientific advisory board of AEHS.

Mr. Griffin has been involved in a wide range of environmental issues and litigation including CERCLA, Clean Water Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, CEQA, FIFRA, RCRA and Carpenter-Presley HSA, State and Federal ESA matters.

Trial Clients include:

• City of San Diego
• City of Sebastopol
• County of Maui
• City of Fairbanks
• The Leland Stanford Jr. University
• Hobas AB, Basel
• Brown and Bryant Co.
• Angeles Chemical Company

Trial Experience Summary

Well over one hundred trials as lead counsel. Several Trials over two months; Longest trial eight months; Over ten verdicts and settlements over ten million dollars; Largest verdict 15 million dollars (seven million punitive); Largest settlement to date fifty five million dollars; Several successful defense verdicts and judgments; Well over 100 million dollars in verdicts and settlements as Plaintiffs' Counsel and have prepared and presented successful defense cases involving larger sums. Mr. Griffin has litigation experience in over twenty states and eleven countries. International experience includes Canada, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Japan, Libya and former Soviet Union (Latvia).

Experience includes heavy technical and document intensive matters including 3 million page libraries. Built, programmed and indexed document libraries in computerized litigation systems.

Extensive experience in litigation training and supervision of attorney and paralegal staff.