James Lewis Griffith, Jr. is a tenacious advocate for his clients in their significant litigation disputes. Working with in-house legal teams and other client representatives, he develops and successfully implements winning strategies in class, collective, and individual actions filed in federal and state courts across the United States. Mr. Griffith’s trial and appellate victories in high-profile matters have been reported in The National Law Journal and other publications. Mr. Griffith is a leader in ERISA welfare and pension benefit litigation. For twenty years he has skillfully achieved outstanding results for life, health, and disability insurance companies and pension plan fiduciaries in class and individual actions.Mr. Griffith is passionate about privacy and data security. In addition to years of experience with HIPAA, Mr. Griffith reviews the enforcement activities of government agencies and the important court decisions in the privacy and data security fields. He knows the tactics that regulators and litigants use, and the effective defenses to those tactics. Mr. Griffith enjoys developing business solutions to litigation problems and counseling his clients on managing and reducing litigation risk. Areas in which Mr. Griffith has significant experience include the following: Class and Collective ActionsCorporate Litigation (D&O liability, equity holder disputes) Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (welfare and pension benefits)Federal Antitrust & Competition Laws (Sherman Act, FTC Act, Lanham Act)Federal Employment and Labor Laws (Title VII, FLSA, FCRA)Federal Anti-Fraud/Crime Laws (RICO and Securities Exchange Act of 1934)Health Insurance and Provider Disputes (Affordable Care Act, state laws)Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith LitigationMedical Causation Cases (pharmaceutical and chemical)Privacy & Data Security (HIPAA, FTC Act, Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, state laws)Professional Liability (accountant & auditor)