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Jim Griffin, Scharnhorst Ast Kennard & Griffin
Staff Report//May 8, 2024//
Kansas City
JD: 1983, University of Virginia
Plaintiffs ought to be careful when Jim Griffin lines up for the defense. He doesn’t just secure defense wins, as when a railroad faced claims that a plaintiff’s lung cancer was caused by asbestos and fumes. He is also skilled in the art of counterclaims.
Griffen represented WireCo against a consultant seeking more than $3 million through arbitration. Griffin’s counterclaim secured a $2.2 million award to WireCo.
He worked at Husch Blackwell for 30 years before joining the boutique civil trial practice Scharnhorst Ast Kennard & Griffin as a name partner in 2014.
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