JASON W. GRIFFITH

JASON W. GRIFFITH
Associates Board Member Since 2012

Associate

Paul Hastings LLP

Jason Griffith is an Associate at Paul Hastings LLP, where he is member of the Private Equity group. In Jason’s practice, he represents some of the world’s leading private equity funds in acquisitions and sales of their portfolio companies, as well as in connection with the various matters that arise over the course of their investment. In his pro bono practice, he has successfully represented a man who was imprisoned and tortured in his home country before escaping to America to seek asylum; Jason also represents small enterprises and non-profits that work to benefit various disadvantaged groups.

Jason is originally from Colorado, where he graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy; B.S. in Journalism; Certificate in the Study and Practice of Leadership). While attending CU-Boulder, Jason helped found the Colorado Creed (a social responsibility campaign) and studied abroad in Shanghai, China. After working on various political campaigns around the country, Jason moved to Illinois for law school. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he met his now wife (Kasia) and fell in love. Jason and Kasia moved to Chicago after law school, rescued their dog (Buddy) in 2013, and got married in 2014.

Bio as of 2017