Hermon, Massachusetts Boys School, and graduated from Oberlin Academy in 1906.

He faced Clarence Darrow in a bribery case that ended in a hung jury.

[2] In 1930, Griffith was elected to the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, and held that seat until 1950.

That year, Governor Frank Lausche appointed Griffith to fill an unexpired term on Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals.

On October 8, 1962, Governor Michael DiSalle appointed Griffith to replace James F. Bell, resigned, on the Ohio Supreme Court.