Michael L. Griffin

Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, USA

Mr. Griffin practices in a variety of federal and state tax areas, including tax aspects of buying and selling businesses, S corporation conversions, employee stock ownership plans, obtaining private letter rulings, and tax examinations and appeals.  Mr. Griffin practices in the areas of gift, estate and inheritance taxation, trusts and estates planning and administration, and business entity formation, operation and liquidation. 

Mr. Griffin is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving in 2004 with Third United States Army as Operational Law Attorney at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and as Command Judge Advocate at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.  Mr. Griffin holds the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and is assigned as an individual mobilization augmentee to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Mr. Griffin holds an active Indiana license as a Certified Public Accountant.

Bar Admissions
Indiana (1998)

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (1998)

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana (1998)

U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit (1999)

U.S. Tax Court (2005)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (2005)

U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals (2006)

Education
Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington, J.D., cum laude, 1998
Law Journal: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Book Review Editor, 1997 - 1998

Purdue University, B.S., with Highest Distinction, 1995

Published Works
Sales of ESOP Companies Require Special Consideration, Indianapolis Business Journal, August 9, 2004

Employers Must Fulfill Duty When Johnny Comes Home, Indianapolis Business Journal, November 24, 2003

Classes / Seminars Taught
"Devises of Real Estate Interests and Bequests of Business Interests", ICLEF seminar on "Fundamentals of Wills and Trusts Drafting"

Honors and Awards
Best Oralist Award, Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, 1997

Chapter President and Distinguished Service Key Award, Alpha Phi Omega, 1995

Phi Beta Kappa, 1995

Beta Gamma Sigma, 1994

Mortar Board, 1994

Beta Alpha Psi, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association (Member)

Indiana State Bar Association (Member)

Indianapolis Bar Association (Member)

President Benjamin Harrison Home, 2005 - 2006 (Finance & Personnel Committees)

Paws and Think, 2003 - 2004 (Board of Directors)

National Eagle Scout Association (Member)

John Purdue Club (Member)

American Legion Post 119, Greenfield, Indiana (Member)

Reserve Officers Association (Member)

Association of the United States Army (Member)