Frank ("TJ") Griffin

TJ Griffin is senior counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Griffin has over 20 years of litigation experience in complex commercial litigation and government investigations. Prior to joining G&E, Mr. Griffin was counsel at the Philadelphia office of a national law firm, where he represented clients in bankruptcy litigation, and regularly advised clients on antitrust matters and international arbitrations. He also formerly practiced as a member of the commercial litigation group in the Washington D.C. office of another national law firm.

Mr. Griffin’s practice focuses on the representation of litigation trustees in matters involving, among other things, fraudulent transfer (both within and outside of bankruptcy), fiduciary duty, unlawful dividend and related corporate governance claims, having litigated such claims through trial and appeal. Example representations include:

• The Appvion Liquidating Trust (in litigation against the debtors’ former directors, officers and others);
• Loyalty Ventures Inc. Liquidating Trust (in litigation against the debtors’ former parent company, director, & others);
• Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. and the Plan Administrator (in litigation against the debtors’ former directors & officers);
• The GCX Limited Liquidating Trust (in litigation against the debtors’ former directors and officers);
• The High Ridge Brands Liquidating Trust (in litigation against the debtors’ former directors, sponsor and sponsor-affiliated lender);
• The GBG USA Litigation Trust (in litigation against the debtors’ former directors, officers & others);
• Rite Aid Sub-Trust B (in investigation of claims and causes of action vested in the Trust pursuant to the Rite Aid Plan);
• Boxed Liquidation Trust (in investigation of claims against certain of its former Ds&Os and third parties);
• Casa Systems, Inc. Preserved Actions Administrator (in investigation of claims against certain of its former Ds&Os and third parties);
• Debtors in AN Global, LLC (in investigation of claims against certain of its former Ds&Os and third parties);
• JoAnn Inc. (ad hoc trade creditor committee);
• State of Vermont (in fraudulent transfer litigation against The Chemours Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, DuPont de Nemours, Inc & Dow, Inc.); and
• State of Maine (in fraudulent transfer litigation against The Chemours Company, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, DuPont de Nemours, Inc. & Dow, Inc.).

Mr. Griffin earned his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where he earned High Honors and was a member of The George Washington Law Review.  He received his B.S. in Biology from Washington and Lee University.