Griswold Law Firm

Timothy A. Griswold​

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Tim was born and raised in Utah.  He is licensed to practice law in both Texas and California, has been a practicing lawyer since 2008, and is a seasoned trial attorney. 

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Tim graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law in 2008, where he received a full-tuition scholarship.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems from Utah State University, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class.  He also has an Associate of Arts degree in Chinese Mandarin, jointly awarded by Monterey Peninsula Community College and Defense Language Institute in 1998, where he was awarded the Provost's Award as the top academic student. 

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Tim speaks Chinese Mandarin fluently (DLPT V Score 3/3+) and Japanese at an intermediate level (DLPT V Score 2+/2). 

 

Prior to law school, Tim served in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2003-2004 and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reserves.  As a hobby, Tim is an ardent practitioner of Taijiquan.  In 2016, he won the nationwide "Push Hands King Competition," sponsored jointly by the International Wushu Sanshoudao Association (IWSD) and Tigerclaw.  In his spare time, he writes about Kungfu Tai Chi and is the legal consultant for the US branch of the International Wushu Sanshou Dao Association.

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廷木律师会讲流利的中文。