Our Firm

Cincinnati Commercial Real Estate Attorneys

Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP has been a well respected law firm for over 87 years, providing skilled professional real estate legal and title services.

The firm, founded in 1936 by Earl W. Griffin and Dwight L. Murray, was originally named Griffin & Murray. In an effort to provide both high quality legal services and efficient title services, the firm joined forces with
Lawyers Title of Cincinnati Inc. This relationship has continued to thrive successfully since then.

John R. Fletcher and Dale W. Griffin joined the firm in 1950, changing the name to Griffin, Griffin & Fletcher. The 1960s saw the additions of Michael C. Fletcher to the firm and Timothy Griffin, as closing manager for Lawyers Title of Cincinnati, Inc., cementing the family rooted tradition. The firm continued to benefit from the leadership and direction of John Fletcher and Dale Griffin well into the 1990s.

The new millennium saw rapid and diverse expansion for the firm, adding the services of Richard D. Herndon, Kevin R. Flynn, and Andrew D. Graf, formerly with Barron Peck Bennie & Schlemmer LPA. Shortly thereafter, title attorney Harold Anness, formerly of Thompson Hine LLP, joined the firm. The collective talents and abilities of the firm’s personnel have enabled the firm to evolve into a very broad based real estate law practice. In 2007 Brian Wais joined the firm and the partners elected to change the firm’s name to Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP. Amy Shaw joined the firm in 2008.

In December of 2007, the firm expanded its practice through the acquisition of The Krasnove Law Firm located in California in order to better serve clients on a national basis. This acquisition has added more depth to the firm’s already well-established commercial real estate and shopping center development practice.

The goal of Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP is to provide every client with quality legal services in a prompt and efficient manner. In 2010, the firm’s efforts were recognized on a national basis when it was named as one of the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News Best Lawyers.

In 2014, Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP was named one of Cincinnati’s best law firms for real estate law, and Richard Herndon was named Cincinnati’s Lawyer of the Year for real estate law.