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Alais L. M. Griffin is an associate in the firm's Litigation Group. Her experience in commercial litigation includes representing a variety of clients in securities fraud, bankruptcy, property tax appeals, antitrust, product liability, and white collar criminal matters. Ms. Griffin has also been actively involved in pro bono work. She assisted with a state habeas corpus evidentiary hearing in a Georgia death penalty case and interviewed detainees in New Jersey state jails for a study on the post-September 11 federal detention policy. Ms. Griffin currently serves on the Steering Committee of the ACLU Young Advocates, on the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Illinois, and on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Training Center, an organization working to involve disadvantaged Chicago youth in the sport of rowing. Ms. Griffin served as executive editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. At Harvard University, she was awarded the John Harvard Scholarship for academic achievement of highest distinction. Ms. Griffin is a former law clerk to the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University in 2001 and her B.A., cum laude, from Harvard University in 1994. Ms. Griffin is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York. Ms. Griffin is a frequent speaker on diversity and gender issues in the law. Events at which she has presented include, the 2007 "Legally Female: What Does It Mean To Be 'Ms. JD'?" conference held at Yale Law School; the 2005 Northwestern University School of Law Orientation; and the 2007 "Diversity in the Law" event sponsored by the University of Chicago. She has also been interviewed by The Chicago Lawyer on issues of gender and diversity in law firms. | 