Patricia Griffith concentrates her practice on employment and labor disputes, including individual and class action discrimination and harassment cases, employment contracts, wage/hour claims, and other employment-related actions.
She tries cases in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies and arbitrators. Patricia has substantial jury and class certification experience. She is adept at mediating disputes, reducing the likelihood of protracted litigation, and serves as an arbitrator for the State Bar of Georgia and private parties. She has conducted numerous internal investigations for major companies across the country, ranging from harassment and discrimination to fraud, corruption, and conflict of interest. She routinely serves on the visiting faculty for Emory Law School’s Trial Techniques program.
Earlier in her career she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Patricia serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Defender Program, Inc. by appointment of Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Patricia serves on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, and is a past Chair. Also, she is a former Board of Directors member for Girls on the Run-Atlanta and was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors for Friends of The Atlanta Opera.
At the University of Georgia, Patricia played basketball for the Lady Bulldogs and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was the Comments Editor for the Georgia Law Review during law school, and published two articles in that time.