Biography

Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

Gregory Oswald Griffin, Sr.

Greg Griffin is the Chief Legal Counsel, Attorney IV for the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, Montgomery, Alabama. The chief legal counsel provides oversight, guidance and direction for legal advice provided throughout the department as well as providing advice on any legal subject and on other matters as directed by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Prior to being employed as chief legal counsel, Griffin was an assistant attorney general in the Attorney General Office, where he specialized in civil litigation and criminal appellate practice. He has represented Judges and other public officials. He was also general counsel to the Alabama Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

Gregory Oswald Griffin, Sr. is also an adjunct instructor at Alabama State University teaching courses in Real Estate Finance, Business Law I and Federal Income Taxation. He has served in that position since 1989.

Education

1980 - Bachelor of arts degree in political science, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (Student Body President).

1983 - Juris doctorate degree, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA.

1984 - Master of law (taxation), Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA (member of the Tax Law Review)

Career Chronology:

1. 1984 - 1985 A.G. Gatson Enterprises, Inc., associate general counsel

2. 1985 - 1986 associate, Pennick, Williams and Jones, Birmingham, AL

3. 1986 - 1987 staff attorney, Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, Inc.

4. 1989 - present adjunct / instructor, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama

5. 1987 - 1995 assistant attorney general, office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL

6. 1995 - present chief legal counsel / Attorney IV, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Awards and Honors:

Recipient of Law SchooL Scholastic Scholarship;

Winner of first year oral argument ; received honors in oral advocacy;

Selected to be Judge of first year arguments.

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

Alabama State Bar

Pennsylvania State Bar

District of Columbia Bar

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama

11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Tax Court

(current as of May 1999)