Judge Thomas B. Griffith

Fellow, Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University; Special Counsel, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Board of Directors Member

Judge Thomas B. Griffith was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by President George W. Bush in 2005 and served until his retirement in 2020. He is currently a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, a Fellow at the Wheatley Institute, and Special Counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth. He is also engaged in rule of law initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe.

Earlier in his career, Judge Griffith served as General Counsel of Brigham Young University and as Senate Legal Counsel, the nonpartisan chief legal officer of the U.S. Senate. In 2021, President Biden appointed him to the President’s Commission on the Supreme Court. He is also a co-author of Lost, Not Stolen: The Conservative Case that Biden Won and Trump Lost the 2020 Presidential Election.

He holds a BA from Brigham Young University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

"Religious pluralism is America’s super power because our faith traditions draw upon the power of at-one-ment to heal divisions. During this moment of toxic polarization in America, Interfaith America draws upon the power of at-one-ment to help our nation 'form a more perfect Union.'"

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Disagreement and the Common Good

Interfaith America Board Member and Judge Tom Griffith recently joined the How to Help podcast to explore the Constitution’s embrace of disagreement as a path to the common good. He shares personal stories from his time on the bench, including his powerful endorsement of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (beginning at 10min 20sec) and challenges the notion of “partisans in robes.” It’s a hopeful and deeply reflective conversation on bridgebuilding in the civic space.