Kevin Griffith

Practice Areas

Arbitration; Hiring, Performance Management and Termination; Investigations; Litigation and Trials; Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets; Whistleblowing and Retaliation

Career

Kevin practices primarily in the areas of whistleblower law, business competition litigation, and employment litigation. He has extensive litigation experience in cases involving whistleblower retaliation, corporate raiding, enforcing or defending covenants-not-to-compete, trade secrets, employment contracts, and interference with contract claims. Griffith has assisted employers to defend against hundreds of employment discrimination, whistleblower, retaliation, and wrongful termination cases, including several seminal cases before the Ohio Supreme Court.

In addition, he counsels corporate clients concerning internal investigations, assists with drafting their codes of conduct, employment, and arbitration agreements, and provides advice and counsel regarding executive officer terminations, protecting business information, mass layoffs, and compliance with federal and state employment-related laws.

Griffith has over 30 years of experience assisting companies throughout the United States in developing and implementing workplace substance abuse policies and testing protocols, including addressing the new legalized marijuana laws.

Additionally, he is the co-chair of Littler's Whistleblowing, Compliance, and Investigations Practice Group and the former Office Managing Shareholder of the firm's Columbus, Ohio office.

Professional Memberships

Columbus Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Federal Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association

Education