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Robert S. Griggs has been with the firm since 1954 and was a member from 1958 until he retired in 1991. For twelve years he was the Managing Partner of the Firm. He has continued since then as Special Counsel.
Practice and Experience
His practice is principally in the areas of corporate, tax and tax exemption matters affecting subsidiaries of United States and foreign country corporations operating in Puerto Rico.
Education
He obtained a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949 and a juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1952.
Admissions
He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the State of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Puerto Rico District and for the Second District of New York.
Memberships
He is a member of the Puerto Rico Bar Association and of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has spoken at numerous legal and tax conferences on the taxation under United States and Puerto Rico law of corporations treated as "possessions corporations" or "controlled foreign corporations" in the United States Internal Revenue Code.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Flagstaff Institute, a §501(c)(3) non-profit research institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona, dedicated to improving world trade and business, and of the Board of Advisers of The Journal of International Taxation. | 