TEAM / Jeff Griffith
Jeff Griffith joined The Southern Group’s South Carolina office in 2011 following a distinguished legal and government affairs career spanning more than 30 years. He spent more than 15 years in the General Counsel’s Office at Duke Power Company, now Duke Energy, where he held several leadership roles, including serving as the company’s South Carolina state lobbyist. Prior to joining The Southern Group, Jeff divided his time between practicing law and government relations with Austin Rogers in Columbia and the Harness Law Firm in Mount Pleasant, where he developed extensive experience in energy and environmental regulatory matters.
Jeff serves as a trusted strategic advisor, drawing on decades of experience in law, public policy, and regulatory affairs. Throughout his career, he appeared before trial and appellate courts in South Carolina and North Carolina and represented clients before the South Carolina General Assembly for more than two decades.
Jeff completed an alternative dispute resolution and mediation course and has participated in numerous mediations and arbitrations as both an attorney and a former certified mediator and arbitrator.
He holds an AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized with Duke Power’s President’s Award. Jeff is also an active member of Palmetto Presbyterian Church and is a member of the Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church Hope House Advisory Board.
Over the course of his career, Jeff has developed deep knowledge in energy, environmental policy, sustainability, health care, land use and development, local government, telecommunications, utilities, water policy, family law, and senior issues.
Jeff earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Wofford College and his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in North Carolina and South Carolina. A South Carolina native, Jeff resides in Mount Pleasant Charleston with Avis, his wife of more than 48 years. They have three children and five grandchildren.
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