Charles E. Griffin Selected For Membership in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Attorney Charles E. Griffin of Jackson, Mississippi has recently been selected for membership in the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Mr. Griffin’s primary areas of practice are insurance, financial services and commercial litigation.
Founded in 1936 as the Federation of Insurance Counsel, the membership consists of defense counsel in private practice, in-house corporate and insurance counsel, and non-attorney claims executives, both internationally and in the US. The organization is highly selective in admitting new members and has a membership limitation of 1,000 attorneys in private practice in the United States.
The guiding principles of the FDCC are knowledge, justice, and fellowship. Federation objectives and purposes are to assist in establishing standards for providing competent, efficient, and economical legal services; to encourage and provide continuing legal education of Members, and to use the knowledge and experience of the Membership for the promotion of public good. Close relationships bind Members and their families together, made possible by high attendance at Annual and Winter Meetings. Educational programming available to Members and non-members include the Corporate Counsel Symposium, the Litigation Management College and Graduate Program, and the Law Firm Management Conference.
Charles E. Griffin Elected To American Law Institute.
The prestigious American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. Membership in the Institute is a distinct professional honor. The Institute (made up of 4,000 lawyers, judges, and law professors of the highest qualifications) drafts, discusses, revises, and publishes Restatements of the Law, model statutes, and principles of law that are enormously influential in the courts and legislatures, as well as in legal scholarship and education. ALI has long been influential internationally and, in recent years, more of its work has become international in scope. By participating in the Institute’s work, its distinguished members have the opportunity to influence the development of the law in both existing and emerging areas, to work with other eminent lawyers, judges, and academics, to give back to a profession to which they are deeply dedicated, and to contribute to the public good.
Super Lawyers Magazine has selected Charles E. Griffin for inclusion in the 2009 Super Lawyers Mid-South edition and has named him one of the top 50 lawyers in Mississippi for 2009.
Charles E. Griffin has been named a Co-Founder of the Diversity Law Institute of the LCA.
Mississippi Supreme Court denies cert petition and affirms Mississippi Court of Appeals defense verdict obtained by Howard Brown on behalf of John Deere local distributor in Humphreys County, Mississippi case.
Charles E. Griffin named Chairman of the Marketing Subcommittee of the Minority Trial Lawyer Committee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association.
Upcoming Events
Defense Research Institute Annual Meeting October 20, 2010 through October 24, 2010
The annual meeting of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) will be held from October 20, 2010 through October 24, 2010 at the San Diego Marriott Hotel in San Diego, California.
Our Commitment To The Community
Charles "Chuck" E. Griffin, Jr. was a young man with a promising future. His life ended on October 20, 2005 when he was killed by an illegal drag racer who lost control of his car. Chuck was struck while standing at the door of his best friend's home. Chuck died one day before his nineteenth birthday. As a result of his tragic death, his parents established an endowed fund through the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson to benefit local students.
