William C. "Bill" Griffith

William C. "Bill" Griffith


Larkin Hoffman

Recognized since 2010

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Practice Areas

Land Use and Zoning Law

Municipal Law

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For three decades, Bill Griffith has advised local and national clients on legal and policy issues affecting land use, zoning, real estate, environmental review, municipal law, regulatory matters and government relations. He has been legal counsel to Mall of America in all its phases, and serves as city attorney for the city of Columbus. He is a trusted advisor on real estate development and public funding for both private clients and municipalities.

Bill is a is a frequent speaker at seminars on land use, zoning, and environmental law, and he has served as an adjunct professor in land use law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. He has been published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minnesota Real Estate Journal and is a frequent panelist on the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s Table of Experts for Commercial Real Estate.

Bill is the past president of Larkin Hoffman and has been a leader in community service. He is a founding member of Minnesota Habitat for Humanity and the founding chair of Hennepin Elementary School Board, a public charter school in Minneapolis dedicated to providing an excellent education to students from high-poverty neighborhoods. Bill was instrumental in the creation of the Bloomington Sister City project with Izumi, Japan. Recently, Bill helped launch Friends of Ecolibri, a nonprofit that supports student scholarship in the villages around Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands.

Location
  • 8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 1000
    Minneapolis, MN 55437-1060
Education
  • William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., graduated 1988

Larkin Hoffman
Minneapolis, Minnesota

13 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Municipal Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Municipal Law, Minneapolis (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Municipal Law

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