Spencer S. Griffith focuses on international trade and general litigation matters, including WTO issues, countervailing duty cases, antidumping cases, trade policy, arbitrations and antitrust counseling and litigation. He has handled a variety of complex trade cases before the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Court of International Trade.
Mr. Griffith has advised numerous clients in Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and other countries over the years. He practices both in China and in Washington DC. He has represented the Government of British Columbia in the long-standing lumber dispute. He has represented clients in numerous other industries including, steel, semiconductors and cement.
Prior to joining Akin Gump in 1990, Mr. Griffith was associated with another Washington law firm. He also served as a staff attorney in the Hong Kong Attorney General's Chambers as a Luce scholar, where he advised on governmental policy issues and assisted with criminal proceedings.
Mr. Griffith served as an international trade advisor in then-Senator Albert Gore's 1988 presidential campaign. He has authored articles in the Annual Survey of American Law and The China Business Review.
Mr. Griffith received his A.B. with honors in psychology from Brown University in 1978 and participated in an undergraduate program at Oxford University. He received his J.D. in 1982 from the New York University School of Law, where he was a member of Order of the Coif. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Court of International Trade, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Griffith is listed in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2009, 2011), Washington, DC Super Lawyers (2009 - 2011), Best Lawyers in America (2006, 2009 and 2012) and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006 - 2009), Chambers Global: World’s Leading lawyers for Business in Asia-Pacific Region (2010), Chambers Asia: Asia’s Leading Lawyer for Business (2010).