John W. Griffin, Jr.

      John Griffin, Jr. is managing partner at Marek, Griffin & Knaupp and is well known as one of Texas' most successful lawyers, and as one of Texas' Super Lawyers.   He has tried more than 50 cases to a verdict in personal injury, employment and other high profile cases.   He is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in three fields: Civil Trial Law, Consumer and Commercial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.   He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases in state and federal court.

      Active in both national and community affairs, he serves on the Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Victoria Bach Festival, a week long chamber music festival, renowned as "a Texas Treasure" by National Public Radio.   Mr. Griffin also serves as essayist - commentator for National Public Radio affiliates in Corpus Christi and Victoria, Texas.   He is a long time member as the Texas Bar Foundation and the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

      A native of Port Lavaca Texas, Mr. Griffin graduated from Austin College in 1978.   He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1981 and entered the private practice of law in 1983 after serving as a lawyer on the staff of State Comptroller Bob Bullock for two years.   He was appointed a member of the Pattern Jury Charges Committee for the State Bar of Texas for years 1995-1996, and now serves on the Committee on Texas Pattern Jury Charges: Business, Consumer, Insurance and Employment and the Fifth Circuit Labor & Employment Law Pattern Jury Charge Advisory Committee. Finally, Mr Griffin served on the Disabilty Issues Committee of the State Bar of Texas from 2002 to 2006.

      John is married to Lynn Knaupp, also a partner in the firm. He is also the brother of noted children's author, Jill Stover.

• Houston Pipeline Company, L.P.
• The City of Seadrift, Texas
• The City of Port Lavaca, Texas
• Victoria County Water Districts No. 1 and No. 2
• Calhoun County, Texas
• Kajima International, Inc.
• American Diabetes Association

• United States Supreme Court (1986)
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1984)
• United States District Courts, Southern and Western Districts of Texas (1984)
• State Bar of Texas (1982)
• United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (2004)

• Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)
• Texas Employment Lawyers Association (TELA)
• Victoria County Bar Association
• Texas Bar Foundation
• Board of Directors, American Diabetes Association
• American Diabetes Association Advocacy Committee
• Texas Pattern Jury Charges: Business, Consumer, Insurance and Employment Committee
• Fifth Circuit Labor & Employment Law Pattern Jury Charge Advisory Committee