Hugh C. Griffin
HIGHLIGHTS
Co-chair of HPS’ Appellate Practice Group
BIOGRAPHY
Hugh Griffin, co-chair of HPS’ Appellate Practice Group, is among the country’s most experienced and distinguished appellate attorneys. Over the course of his career, Hugh has handled more than 500 appeals in the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court, arguing 49 times before the Illinois Supreme Court. He also has handled appeals in more than two dozen other state courts, as well as in federal Courts of Appeals across the country.
Based on his decades of experience in handling all kinds of civil appeals, Hugh is able to bring fresh analysis, seasoned insight and often an innovative approach to appeal issues. His presentations over the years on oral arguments have been republished in the American Bar Association’s TIPS (tort trial and insurance practice section) library, as well as other law journals. Hugh has also taught appellate practice at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Law, previously called the John Marshall Law School, and given numerous speeches on appellate practice both locally and nationally.
Hugh has been selected as an “Illinois Leading Lawyer,” an Illinois “Super Lawyer,” a “Best Lawyer” in appellate practice and was named as the “2011 Chicago Best Lawyers Appellate Lawyer of the Year.” He also has been honored repeatedly as one of the top “100 Super Lawyers in Illinois.
In 1991, Hugh was nominated and accepted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He served nine years on the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee and was appointed by the Supreme Court as the Committee’s Vice Chairman from 2003-2006
Prior to his time at HPS, Hugh also led the appellate practice group at Locke Lord, then called Lord, Bissell & Brook.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
Notre Dame Law School, J.D., (1968)
Loyola University of Chicago, B.A. (1965)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Illinois
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Court
U.S. Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois Defense Counsel
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society
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