Multidisciplinary Counsel

Truthful counsel.
Resolute advocacy.

Griffin & Prescotts is a global law firm advising institutions, executives, and individuals on the legal matters that most directly determine their commercial and personal interests. We pursue justice and equity with the precision and sustained partner attention that the most consequential matters require.

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Years Established
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Industry Sectors
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Who we are

A firm built around conviction, not category.

We are a multidisciplinary practice serving clients across regulated industries and the personal-life questions that intersect with corporate, tax, and estate matters. Our work is grounded in long-term client relationships and the willingness to engage where the questions are hardest.

  • Senior-led. Every engagement is led by a partner who remains personally responsible from first conversation to final resolution.
  • Integrated. Litigation, regulation, transactions, and personal counsel work as one team where matters require it.
  • Truthful. Candid client counsel about realistic outcomes — not advocacy designed to fit the easiest answer.
About the firm
Capabilities

The matters we counsel on.

Twelve practice areas, deeply staffed and continuously refreshed to meet the evolving regulatory and commercial landscape our clients operate within.

01 / Litigation

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Trial-tested counsel for commercial litigation, government investigations, and the high-stakes disputes that define a client's commercial position.

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02 / Criminal

Criminal Defense

Strategic defense for individuals, executives, and institutions in federal and state criminal matters and parallel regulatory exposure.

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03 / Compliance

Financial Crime, AML & Sanctions

Risk-tested AML, CTF, and sanctions compliance — and enforcement defense before federal banking regulators, FinCEN, OFAC, and the DOJ.

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04 / Corporate

Corporate & Commercial

Mergers, joint ventures, governance, and the commercial arrangements that drive enterprise growth across regulated and unregulated industries.

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05 / Tax

Tax & Financial Compliance

Domestic and cross-border tax counsel — planning, structuring, controversy, and the indirect-tax regimes shaping multinational operations.

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06 / Immigration

Immigration & Citizenship

Employer-sponsored visas, investor immigration, family-based petitions, and the cross-border mobility framework for modern institutions and professionals.

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Our lawyers

Senior counsel, personally engaged.

Our partners and senior counsel remain hands-on from the first conversation to the final resolution — the discipline that makes a difference at the moments that matter most.

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Emmett Kirkland
Senior Counsel

Building the AML and sanctions programs that hold up the day the regulators arrive.

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Gregory Halloran
Senior Counsel

Where higher education policy is written, defended, and lived — senior counsel for the institutions that shape it.

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Vincent Okafor
Senior Counsel

Trusted counsel to the colleges, universities, and trustees that educate the next generation of leaders.

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Priya Venkataraman
Senior Counsel

Coordinating U.S., U.K., and EU enforcement under one disciplined cross-border strategy.

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Analysis from our lawyers.

Press Release August 11, 2026

Niron Magnetics Secures Conditional $150 Million Department of War Loan Commitment for Minnesota Manufacturing Plant

The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has signed a conditional commitment for a direct loan of up to $150 million to Niron Magnetics, marking a significant…

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Client Alert August 11, 2026

California's DROP Platform Deletion Duties Begin August 1: What Data Brokers Must Do Now

Beginning August 1, 2026, registered California data brokers must process consumer deletion requests submitted through the California Privacy Protection Agency's Delete Request…

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Newsletter August 11, 2026

NLRB General Counsel Warns: State Labor Laws Encroaching on NLRB Jurisdiction Are Federally Preempted

Employers operating across multiple jurisdictions face a rapidly expanding web of state labor and employment statutes, and a recent signal from the National Labor Relations Board…

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A consequential matter deserves consequential counsel.

If you are evaluating counsel for a litigation, regulatory, or transactional matter, we welcome the conversation. Inquiries are handled in confidence.

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