CLARK C. GRIFFITH
LAWYER AND ARBITRATOR
4920 IDS CENTER
80 SOUTH 8TH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
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Mr. Griffith is a lawyer and arbitrator. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, federal and Minnesota state courts.  He is Chairman of the Sports Law Division of the American Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law Forum, Vice Chairman of the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University. Treasurer and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Women’s Sports Foundation..

Mr. Griffith’s law practice is in the areas of corporate governance, antitrust, finance,  securities, and intellectual property law. He also represents clients in business litigation and arbitration cases. 

Mr. Griffith is often asked to speak and write on business and legal matters.  He is a contributing author for " Sports Business Journal"  and writes on trademark issues for “The Licensing Journal.” He wrote a study of the labor-antitrust interface in sports for the April 2000 issue of  Antitrust  Magazine.

In 2003 and 2004, he organized and managed the  ABA Sports Law Seminars in New York and Los Angeles.  In 2003, he participated in a Stanford Law School Sports Law program, and presented a paper on The Economics of Contraction in Major League Baseball at Vanderbilt Law School. He has participated in conferences on  Baseball Economics  at Washington University in 2001  and on  Baseball's Future  at Smith College in 2000.  He addressed the Sports and Entertainment Section of the ABA on  Regulation of Athlete Agents.  His article,  Collective Bargaining after Brown v. Pro-Football, Inc.  was presented at the ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting. He participated in a Sports Lawyer's presentation on  single entity  sports leagues in May, 1998, and the ABA Forum on Sports Labor Matters in October, 1998, where he presented  The Status of Sports Labor Matters.  In October, 1997, he addressed the ABA Sports and Entertainment Law Forum on Civil Rights in Sports.   His articles on  The Dynamics of Team Ownership  and  The Impact of Labor Law on Sports  were published in 1995.  He has appeared on panels discussing labor relations in sports at the Sports Lawyers' Conference as well as seminars on marketing at Advertising Federation of Minnesota conferences.

Mr. Griffith is involved in dispute resolution  as an advocate and as a commercial arbitrator. As an advocate he has argued employment law, labor grievance, contract and NASD arbitrations. He has addressed Major League Baseball General Managers on arbitration procedure and case management. He participated in grievance arbitrations while a member of Major League Baseball's Player Relations Committee and while a Twins' executive.  He was selected as an arbitrator for the 1999 Pan American Games.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Griffith was part owner, Treasurer and an Executive with the Minnesota Twins Baseball Team.  He had responsibilities in the area of broadcasting, player development, scouting, player relations, governmental relations, finance and business matters. He was a successful lobbyist for the bill authorizing the construction of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and negotiated stadium use agreements for the Metrodome and Metropolitan Stadium.

Mr. Griffith was Chairman of the Board of Major League Baseball Properties, from 1975 to 1984. During his tenure as Chairman, MLP launched its national and international trademark licensing program and created its broadcast and marketing divisions. The broadcast division produced and distributed the award winning syndicated shows  This Week in Baseball  and  The Baseball Bunch.

Mr. Griffith was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating with an A.B. degree with a History major in 1966.  He began attending William Mitchell College of Law  while working for the Twins in 1983 and graduated in 1986.  While at law school, Mr. Griffith was elected president of the student body. He served in the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Griffith is very active in community affairs.  He was formerly President of the Boys and Girls Club of Minneapolis and has served as a trustee of the William Mitchell College of Law, the Freshwater Foundation, the Minnesota Zoo Foundation, and is currently on the board of Children's Heartlink.