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In 2018, he become the Senior Vice President of [[Electrum Partners]].<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/electrum-partners-hires-former-us-attorney-barry-grissom-as-senior-vice-president-300742530.html Electrum Partners Hires Former U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom as Senior Vice President] PR Newswire</ref>
In 2018, he become the Senior Vice President of [[Electrum Partners]].<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/electrum-partners-hires-former-us-attorney-barry-grissom-as-senior-vice-president-300742530.html Electrum Partners Hires Former U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom as Senior Vice President] PR Newswire</ref>

==Education and career==
Grissom graduated from the University of Kansas in 1977 with a Bachelor's degree in Science. He then studied law at Oklahoma City University, earning a JD in 1981. Returning to Kansas, he began a private practice in 1983, focused on representing victims of negligence, on civil rights and labor issues, including [[Fair Labor Standards Act]] cases. He was appointed the U.S. Attorney for Kansas by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2010, serving until April 2016, after which he joined the national Polsinelli law firm. He had been a member of [[Eric Holder]]'s Attorney General’s Advisory Committee,<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/us-attorney-barry-grissom-joins-committee-advising-us-attorney-general U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Joins Committee Advising U.S. Attorney General], ''[[United States Attorney General]]'', September 18, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2019.</Ref> as well as becoming a panelist on the [[Brennan Center for Justice|Brennan Center]]'s Blue Ribbon Panel on the redefinition of federal prosecution priorities.<ref>[https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/Federal_Prosecution_For_21st_Century.pdf FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR THE 21st CENTURY], Brennan Center for Justice, Lauren Brooke-Eisen, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2019.</ref> The panel's report emphasized both targeting violent offenders at the same time addressing issues of over-incarceration. In April of 2018, he founded the Grissom Law Group which additionally focused on public policy advocacy.

==External sources==
[https://www.pbs.org/video/ktwu-ive-got-issues-ive-got-issues-barry-grissom/ PBS Interview on gun violence]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:36, 7 January 2019

Barry Grissom
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
In office
August 20, 2010 – April 15, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLanny Welch (acting)
Succeeded byThomas Beall (acting)
Personal details
Born (1954-04-12) April 12, 1954 (age 70)
Lebanon, Kentucky
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRenee Grissom
Children3
ResidenceLeawood, Kansas
EducationUniversity of Kansas (BS)
Oklahoma City University (JD)

Barry Ray Grissom (born April 12, 1954)[1] is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas from 2010 to 2016.[2][3]

A 1977 graduate of Kansas University and a 1981 graduate of OCU School of Law. At OCU, he was a member of the Law Review, the Moot Court Board and the Order of the Barristers. From 1986 to 2010 he was a member of the board of governors for the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. Before his confirmation for U.S. Attorney, he practiced law as a solo practitioner, specializing in employment discrimination claims.

In 2018, he become the Senior Vice President of Electrum Partners.[4]

Education and career

Grissom graduated from the University of Kansas in 1977 with a Bachelor's degree in Science. He then studied law at Oklahoma City University, earning a JD in 1981. Returning to Kansas, he began a private practice in 1983, focused on representing victims of negligence, on civil rights and labor issues, including Fair Labor Standards Act cases. He was appointed the U.S. Attorney for Kansas by President Barack Obama in 2010, serving until April 2016, after which he joined the national Polsinelli law firm. He had been a member of Eric Holder's Attorney General’s Advisory Committee,[5] as well as becoming a panelist on the Brennan Center's Blue Ribbon Panel on the redefinition of federal prosecution priorities.[6] The panel's report emphasized both targeting violent offenders at the same time addressing issues of over-incarceration. In April of 2018, he founded the Grissom Law Group which additionally focused on public policy advocacy.

External sources

PBS Interview on gun violence

References

  1. ^ "Barry Ray Grissom; from "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999"". FamilySearch. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Meet the U.S. Attorney". Justice.gov. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Roxana Hegeman (April 11, 2016). "Barry Grissom retiring as U.S. attorney for Kansas". Kansas.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Electrum Partners Hires Former U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom as Senior Vice President PR Newswire
  5. ^ U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Joins Committee Advising U.S. Attorney General, United States Attorney General, September 18, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  6. ^ FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR THE 21st CENTURY, Brennan Center for Justice, Lauren Brooke-Eisen, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2019.