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Danny Griffin's practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, grand jury and internal investigations, defending False Claims Act (qui tam) cases, and civil litigation. Mr. Griffin has handled cases involving alleged bribery, customs violations, embezzlement, environmental offenses, Executive Order violations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FTCA violations, healthcare fraud, immigration offenses, income tax offenses, money laundering, mortgage fraud, obstruction, perjury, public corruption, unlawful internet pharmacies, and mail, wire, and bank fraud. Within the last two years, Mr. Griffin has convinced federal prosecutors on four different occasions to dismiss felony criminal charges that had been brought against his clients. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for White Collar Criminal Defense and in Who's Who Legal: Georgia 2007 as one of the state's leading business crime lawyers. Mr. Griffin has conducted investigations for corporations in the banking, bottling, electronics, entertainment, healthcare, and retail industries. He has also handled cases involving asset forfeiture, the False Claims Act, the recovery of stolen/embezzled funds, libel and slander, music royalties, stock options, products liability, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. Mr. Griffin clerked for United States District Court Judge Harold L. Murphy and served five years (1997-2002) as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia where he had responsibility for prosecuting fraud, tax, and public corruptions cases. In 2003, Mr. Griffin went to Thailand to meet with officials from the National Counter-Corruption Commission, the Department of Special Investigations, and the Royal Thai Police to discuss investigations and prosecutions of major fraud and corruption cases. Practice Groups White Collar Crime & Corporate Compliance Litigation Education J.D., cum laude, The University of Georgia, 1986 Georgia Law Review B.B.A., The University of Georgia, 1983 Professional Memberships Annual Federal Criminal Practice Seminar, Co-Chair, Atlanta, Georgia State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trial Section, Board Member Publications Practical Aspects of Representing a Corporation During the Early Stages of a Criminal Investigation, Voice for the Defense (Journal of The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) and Georgia State Bar Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, Co-Author The Fifth Amendment in Civil Litigation, Calendar Call 9, No. 4 The Discovery of Corporate Wrongdoing Before the Government Begins to Investigate, FCDR, July 1994. |
