Areas of Practice
Education
- Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2002, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review; Rufus C. Harris Law Review Award
- Rhodes College, B.A. in Political Science, 1999, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2002
Court Admissions
- 5th Cir., 2004
- E.D. La., 2004
- M.D. La., 2004
- W.D. La., 2004
professionalsBio
Neely Griffith is an associate in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and to the Honorable Ivan L. R. Lemelle, Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
News
- Griffith Published in BNA, Inc. Securities Regulation & Law Report
- Neely Sharp Griffith Joins the New Orleans Office
Publications
- "'Entwinement' and NASD Enforcement Proceedings: Reexamining NASD's State-Actor Status in the Post-Brentwood Era"
Securities Regulation & Law Report. Vol. 39, No. 28, July 16, 2007 - "When Civilian Principles Clash with the Federal Law: An Examination of the Interplay Between Louisiana's Family Law and Federal Statutory and Constitutional Law"
76 Tulane Law Review 519, 2001
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association (Member, New Orleans Chapter)
- Louisiana Bar Foundation (Fellow, Public Information Committee)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
- The Thomas More-Loyola Law School American Inn of Court
