Faculty Profile: Charlotte Knight Griffin

Charlotte Knight Griffin earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee (now Winston) College of Law in 1976. She joined Memphis Light, Gas and Water as a staff attorney in 1978 and was named the manager of legal services in 2000, retiring in April 2023 after 45 years of service. Knight Griffin has been active in the TBA for many years, serving on the Board of Governors, as a past chair of the Local Government Practice and Litigation sections, a charter fellow of the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and a past executive officer of the YLD and president of the TBA YLD Fellows. She also has been involved in legal organizations at the local, state and national levels and is a fellow in the Memphis, Tennessee and American bar foundations.