Diane Griffin

Latham & Watkins LLP

Diane Griffin has 39 years of service as a legal secretary at Latham & Watkins LLP, both in the Los Angeles and San Diego offices, providing legal support to various partners and associates in the corporate, real estate, health care, environmental, tax and finance areas, including 15 years as secretary to the managing partner of the San Diego office.

Griffin has extensive knowledge and proficiency in various software applications used in a law firm environment. She maintains integrity, demonstrates continued loyalty, adapts easily to new concepts and responsibilities, and embraces new challenges. She is self-motivated, detail-oriented, and functions well both independently and as part of a team. Griffin shows respect for co-workers and consistently demonstrates a willingness to improve.

She attended El Camino College and majored in business and legal administration.

Griffin is an avid world traveler and participant in various charitable activities. She has one daughter, a University of Southern California graduate, and is the proud grandmother of an exceptionally bright and lovable 2-year-old girl.

Judges

Julia M. Dunlap

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