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Areas of Practice
State and Federal Taxation
Estate Planning and Administration
Litigation
Tax-Exempt and Nonprofit Organizations
Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Financial Institutions
General Corporate Matters
Title
Associate
Office
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1998
U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Tax Court, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2005
U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, 2006
Education
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana
J.D., 1998
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Highest Grade Awards in Constitutional Law, Torts and Tax Procedure
Honors: Glenn Peters Fellowship
Honors: School of Law Fellowship
Honors: Dean's Honors (Four Semesters)
Law Journal: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Book Review Editor, 1997 - 1998
Purdue University
B.S., With Highest Distinction, 1995
Honors: Outstanding Senior, School of Management
Honors: Outstanding Junior in Accounting, Financial Executives Institute
Honors: Arthur H. Carter Scholarship, American Accounting Association
Honors: Rowe Memorial Scholarship, Rotary Club of Valparaiso
Honors: Dean's List (Eight Semesters)
Mr. Griffin practices in a variety of federal and state tax areas, including tax aspects of buying and selling businesses, S corporation conversions, employee stock ownership plans, obtaining private letter rulings, and tax examinations and appeals. Mr. Griffin practices in the areas of gift, estate and inheritance taxation, trusts and estates planning and administration, and business entity formation, operation and liquidation.
Mr. Griffin is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving in 2004 with Third United States Army as Operational Law Attorney at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and as Command Judge Advocate at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar. Mr. Griffin holds the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and is assigned as an individual mobilization augmentee to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Mr. Griffin holds an active Indiana license as a Certified Public Accountant.
Published Works
Sales of ESOP Companies Require Special Consideration, Indianapolis Business Journal, August 9, 2004
Employers Must Fulfill Duty When Johnny Comes Home, Indianapolis Business Journal, November 24, 2003
Classes/Seminars Taught
"Devises of Real Estate Interests and Bequests of Business Interests", ICLEF seminar on "Fundamentals of Wills and Trusts Drafting"
Honors and Awards
Best Oralist Award, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, 1997
Chapter President and Distinguished Service Key Award, Alpha Phi Omega, 1995
Phi Beta Kappa, 1995
Beta Gamma Sigma, 1994
Mortar Board, 1994
Beta Alpha Psi, 1993
Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
Member
Indiana State Bar Association
Member
Indianapolis Bar Association
Member
Indiana CPA Society
Member
President Benjamin Harrison Home, 2007
Board of Directors
Paws and Think, 2003 - 2004
Board of Directors
National Eagle Scout Association
Member
John Purdue Club
Member
American Legion Post 119, Greenfield, Indiana
Member
Reserve Officers Association
Member
Association of the United States Army
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