Christopher J. Griffiths

Christopher is a shareholder at Griffiths Law PC and focuses his practice on complex family law, appellate, and civil litigation matters. His family law practice focuses on divorce and related domestic relations matters. His appellate practice includes family law and related civil appeals. His civil litigation practice focuses on construction, insurance, real estate, commercial, and business disputes.

Chris’s family law practice focuses on complex divorce and contested domestic-relations matters, particularly cases involving significant financial issues or substantial parenting consequences. He represents clients in matters involving the division and valuation of closely held businesses, executive compensation, restricted stock units and stock options, trust interests, separate-property claims, asset tracing, undisclosed or omitted assets, and substantial real-estate holdings. He also handles disputes involving maintenance, child support, parenting time, decision-making, and other issues arising from divorce and post-decree proceedings.

Chris has represented business owners, executives, professional athletes, musicians, and other professionals whose family law matters require careful financial analysis, discretion, and an understanding of the long-term economic consequences of divorce. He regularly works with business-valuation professionals, forensic accountants, trust and tax professionals, and other experts when the issues require specialized analysis. His approach is to prepare cases thoroughly for negotiation and resolution while remaining ready to litigate difficult issues through hearing, trial, and appeal.

Chris also maintains an active appellate practice. He represents clients before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court and has served as counsel in numerous published Colorado appellate decisions addressing issues including marital property, omitted assets, maintenance, imputed income, parental decision-making, nonparent standing, constitutional rights, protection orders, and enforcement remedies. His appellate experience informs his trial practice, particularly his focus on identifying controlling legal issues, developing the evidentiary record, and preserving issues for review.

Chris has also authored and presented the Colorado Bar Association’s Family Law Case Law Update and has written and taught on subjects including trusts in divorce, omitted marital assets, maintenance, child support, taxation, electronic evidence, and artificial intelligence in legal practice.

In addition to his family law and appellate work, Chris handles selected complex civil litigation involving construction, insurance, real estate, commercial, and business disputes. His civil-litigation experience provides additional perspective in family law cases involving businesses, real estate, third-party claims, and complicated financial disputes.

Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Shannon, and their two daughters, as well as snowboarding, golf, cycling, hiking, movies, and traveling.