William Griffith

William Griffith (1766 – June 7, 1826) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. Education and career Born in 1766, in Bound Brook, Province of New Jersey, British America, Griffith read law in 1788. He entered private practice in Burlington, New Jersey from 1789 to 1801. He was a surrogate for Burlington County, New Jersey from 1790 to 1799. He was a member of the Burlington Common Council from 1793 to 1797. In 1796, he published A treatise on the jurisdiction and proceedings of justices of the peace in civil suits (Burlington, Elderkin & Miller, 1796) and in 1797 The Scriveners Guide (Newark, Printed by John Woods, 1797) Federal judicial service