Benjamin E. Griffith

Principal of Griffith Law Firm in Oxford, MS, Juris Doctor December 1975 from the University of Mississippi School of Law, adjunct professor of Election Law. Practice focused on federal and state civil litigation, with emphasis on voting rights and election law, civil rights defense, and insurance defense. ABA Board of Governors (2016-2019), ABA House of Delegates (2009-2019), Rule of Law Initiative Board, Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, American Law Institute.

ABA Section of State and Local Government Law (Chair 2007-08), ABA Standing Committee on Election Law (Chair 2010-2013), William C. Keady Chapter of American Inns of Court (President 2016-19). IMLA International Steering Committee of the International Municipal Lawyers Association (2010 – 2020), IMLA’s Charles S. Rhyne Lifetime Achievement in Municipal Law Award (2017), IMLA Local Government Fellow (2001-2021); Law Alumni Chapter of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association (President 2019-21).

Editor and chapter author of America Votes! Challenges to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights (2008, 2012, 2018, 2020),Voting Rights and Remedies from an International Perspective, International Election Remedies (J. Young, Editor, ABA 2017), Continuity of Essential Legal Services in the Wake of Catastrophe: Fair Elections And the Judicial System” (co-author with Jenny Kim) in Homeland Security and Emergency Management (E. Abbot and O. Hetzel, Editors, 2nd ed., ABA 2010), Preservation of the Right to Vote After Disaster Events in Homeland Security and Emergency Management (E. Abbott and O. Hetzel, 3rd ed. ABA 2018), The Handbook for County Board Attorneys in Mississippi (MS Center for Governmental Technology, 2000 and 2004)

Best Lawyers in America® in Municipal Law 2007 – 2024, Mid-South Super Lawyers® in Government/Municipalities 2007-2024, AV® Preeminent™ rating through Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

County board attorney for 21 years, board attorney for the 17-county YMD Joint Water Management District (1989 -present), board certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the ABA-accredited National Board of Trial Advocacy (1994 to present).