CJ Griffin’s admirers say the Pashman Stein Walder Hayden partner, and executive director of the firm’s Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center that launched last October, is a ferocious fighter who has an uncanny ability to tackle complex legal issues and synthesize precise, effective advocacy.

“CJ’s tenacious advocacy is not just limited to open, transparent government. She has been a champion and leader in the LGBTQ+ community and a voice for the voiceless among the downtrodden and disenfranchised, especially on issues of racial and ethnic justice,” said attorney and colleague Thomas Prol, who has known Griffin since 2010. “As a civil liberties proponent, her passion and dedication to the rights of others has rewritten the state law books and opened up a path to a better world for all.”