C. Griffith Towle

The principal and shareholder of the law firm Bartko Pavia LLP, A Professional Corporation, C. Griffith Towle is an attorney with over 30 years of experience. The firm is located in San Francisco, California, and he concentrates his practice in the region and throughout the state, with a focus on:

• Business law
• Franchise and distribution
• Partnership and shareholder disputes 
• Intellectual property law
• Labor and employment law

Mr. Towle completed his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in English and history from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1986. He soon joined the University of California–Hastings College of the Law (now University of California College of the Law, San Francisco) and secured a J.D. in 1989. He attained board certification as a specialist in franchise and distribution law by The State Bar of California’s Board of Legal Specialization.

In addition to successfully leading several trials, Mr. Towle also has experience arbitrating outside of court various cases involving partnership, contract, tort claims and intellectual property. He is adept in the other alternative dispute resolution methods of mediation and negotiation, which has helped many of his clients resolve cases without the complication of pursuing them in court. 

Reputed as a skilled and efficient real estate attorney in California, Mr. Towle has been delegated several posts of authority. He was a co-chair of the Franchise Law Committee of the State Bar of California and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Division of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Franchising. The author of numerous articles and papers, he serves as the co-editor of the American Bar Association’s The Franchise Litigation Handbook.