Asher Griffin

Asher B. Griffin is Co-Managing Partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Austin, Texas office. Asher is a true generalist who handles complex and bet-the-company litigation across myriad industries, representing both defendants and plaintiffs. Asher's docket regularly includes all types of business disputes, including breach of contract, non-competition, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, usurpation of corporate opportunity, and trade secret cases. Many of his cases involve private equity funds, hedge funds, and their portfolio companies. Practicing in Texas has given Asher the opportunity to handle many oil and gas disputes, including reservoir valuation issues, lease disputes, royalty fights, right of first refusal disputes, and midstream disputes. In addition, Asher has spent more than a decade representing manufacturers in various types of product liability cases, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical and device litigation, including taking a key role in mapping out and executing the defense strategy as lead Manufacturers’ Liaison Counsel in the Texas Opioid Multi-District Litigation. He has also represented some of the world’s largest technology companies in patent infringement actions. Asher has prosecuted and defended lawsuits throughout Texas and around the country, in both state and federal courts.