After an active trial practice career of over 30 years, Mr. Griffin retired in 1999 from the law firm of Griffin, Cochrane & Marshall, which he co-founded with Luther Cochrane and Bob Marshall in 1980. Since retiring from an active trial practice, Mr. Griffin has engaged exclusively in mediations and arbitrations. While primarily mediating and arbitrating commercial and construction disputes, he has also been involved in securities, insurance coverage, wrongful death and other diverse disputes. Mr. Griffin's success in his "second career," an ADR practice, is attested by selection by his peers for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in which, for the first time, mediators were included under the category, "Alternative Dispute Resolution." He has also been included in all subsequent editions.

Mr. Griffin brings to mediations and arbitrations a background of a bona fide trial lawyer, who has arbitrated and tried, before arbitrators, judges and juries, many scores of disputes. During his career, he negotiated several hundred settlements. This experience enables Mr. Griffin to provide valuable insight to mediation counsel and clients during the mediation process. An unusually large number of Mr. Griffin's mediations involve multiple parties. While always challenging, these disputes result in settlements at least as often as two party disputes. While most mediations are settled in the formal mediation session, Mr. Griffin is absolutely committed to extensive follow-up to assure every effort is made to explore all possibilities for settlement. This follow up effort has resulted in disputes being settled on the eve of trial, during trial, and as long as a year from the formal mediation session. Since Mr. Griffin has mediated with perhaps all of Atlanta's major law firms and most of its smaller firms devoted primarily to construction disputes, any of these firms should be able to give feedback on his qualifications for mediating a construction, commercial, or other dispute.

Included on Mr. Griffin's website is his resume, a letter setting forth his standard mediation procedures, and suggested mediation and arbitration submission agreements. The picture on his home page is of his property in Montana, where, when not mediating or arbitrating, he spends as much time as possible. He vows that, with enough time and effort, one day he will be an adequate fly fisherman.