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The Griffith Law Group PLLC Trial Lawyers. Fractional General Counsel. One Firm. Protecting growing businesses in Washington DC. Est. 2009. Helping Davids take down Goliaths. www.glgdc.com

The Griffith Law Group is a Washington DC trial firm and fractional general counsel for businesses with $1M-$20M+ in revenue. Established in 2009 - a boutique firm built for businesses that play to win. We are trial lawyers who also serve as your outside general counsel - proactive by design, trial-ready by nature. We protect what you have built and help you grow and scale what's next. Outside General Counsel.

10/09/2026

Monday I said: opportunity and fear arrive on the same wavelength. To pick up the opportunity signal, you must conquer self.

Today: meet the moment.

The signal is coming through. The moment is here. And now you must meet it — which means keeping your word to yourself and doing what you said you would do when the moment arrived.

This is the trickiest part. Most people delay or avoid the next step by negotiating with themselves — the exact moment when action is required.

Know is your desire. Decide is recognizing the moment. Do is meeting it — keeping your word, driving the bus.

Self-negotiation stifles desire. Meeting the moment is staying in the Do — even when indecision, doubt, and fear want you to retreat.

This weekend — keep your word and drive the bus!

The moment you have been waiting for is broadcasting.

In the 13 Weeks to Becoming Rich Mindset Series, for business owners who are done surviving and ready to thrive — Marlon unpacks the classic Think and Grow Rich.

Know. Decide. Do.

10/08/2026

For business owners who want proactive legal counsel, this is the next step.

The Slingshot Program: fractional outside general counsel for owners of privately held companies with $1M to $20M in revenue.

A fixed monthly fee. A structured engagement. A litigation-tested legal team embedded in your business, reviewing contracts before you sign them, advising on decisions before you make them, and present for the fight if one arrives.

Four tiers: Foundation, Growth, Scale, and Enterprise. Recommended based on your revenue, your business complexity, and your current legal infrastructure, and re-evaluated every six months as you grow.

For businesses that have outgrown reactive legal advice but are not ready to hire a full-time in-house counsel. That is the gap Slingshot is built to cover.

You built it with intention. Protect it the same way.
Schedule your Strategic Consultation at glgdc.com/general-counsel.

10/07/2026

The real wealth in franchising rarely comes from owning just one.

Marlon Griffith and Kishore Siva of Helios Franchise Advisors break down what it actually takes to build wealth through franchise ownership — multiple units, multiple territories, or complementary franchises that serve the same customers.

A lawn care franchise adding tree services. A consulting franchise adding a tech-focused brand. Growth, vertical or horizontal.

Think beyond owning one.

Full episode:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ftYxa6B9mKp67QTlwqhhV
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-theres-more-than-mcdonalds-a-conversation/id1711800077?i=1000789783373
YouTube: youtube.com/

10/06/2026

At The Griffith Law Group, we help Davids take down Goliaths. One of the ways we do that is through Outside General Counsel, offered two ways.

The Slingshot: fractional general counsel. A legal partner in your key meetings, advising on critical decisions, and assessing your exposure before it becomes a problem, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.

On-Demand: full access to the firm whenever you need us, billed at hourly rates, with an evergreen retainer that replenishes monthly as hours are used.

Same five core services in both: contracts, vendor and partnership agreements, employment and contractor matters, risk identification, and IP protection.

Two programs. One firm.

Not sure which fits your business? Schedule your Strategic Consultation at glgdc.com/general-counsel.

10/05/2026

Opportunity and fear arrive on the same wavelength — but which signal are you picking up?

Every significant opportunity you’ve ever faced arrived on the same frequency as fear. The bigger the opportunity, the stronger the signal. This is not coincidence. It is your subconscious giving you a choice: run to or run from.

Many people never recognize the signal as opportunity — because fear has already occupied the station from where opportunity is broadcasting.

Hill was precise about the insidiousness of fear. It begins as indecision. Left unchallenged, indecision metastasizes into doubt. Doubt becomes fear — so habitual, so embedded, it becomes the not-so quiet status quo of your state of mind.

Opportunity has a completely different signal. It transmits through desire, faith, belief, love, and gratitude. It communicates new sounds — the sounds of possibility.

Conquer self — and you will recognize the signal of opportunity every time.

In the 13 Weeks to Becoming Rich Mindset Series, for business owners who are done surviving and ready to thrive — Marlon unpacks the classic Think and Grow Rich.

Know. Decide. Do.

10/02/2026

Monday I asked: have you lost your identity?
Today I ask: are you stuck in the problem?

When you are so stuck in the problem, you can't attract the solution.

Stuck has a lot of faces: the same conversations, the same complaints, the same circling without resolution. The same low-grade dissatisfaction that no amount of hard work seems to lift.

The problem: you've been trying to find the solution instead of attracting it.

When we focus on the problem, our minds dwell on what we don't have. We attract exactly what we don't want — more misery and unfulfillment.

It's not paralysis. It's misdirected focus.

Hill wrote: "Whatever the mind dwells upon, it attracts." Dwell on the lack and you attract more lack.

What if instead you focused on what it would look like if the problem was solved — not how to solve it?

The subconscious does not distinguish between what is real and what is vividly imagined. Crystallize a clear picture of life without the problem and hold it with positive emotion — the subconscious accepts it as real and goes to work.

A positive attitude is not a claim — it's a habit. Remain vigilant in your focus on the life you want.

In the 13 Weeks to Becoming Rich Mindset Series, for business owners who are done surviving and ready to thrive — Marlon unpacks the classic Think and Grow Rich. Link in first comment.

Know. Decide. Do.

Where is your focus right now? Drop it below. 👇

10/01/2026

"A broker introduces you and moves on. A consultant stays in it with you."

Kishore Siva breaks down the real difference between a franchise broker and a franchise consultant on Episode 30 of Kicking Ass and Taking Names.

A consultant doesn't just match you to a brand — they coach you through the whole process: reading the Franchise Disclosure Document, asking the questions you're afraid to ask, navigating funding, handling the curveballs.

Who's in your corner matters.

Listen to the full episode:
Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-theres-more-than-mcdonalds-a-conversation/id1711800077?i=1000789783373
Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ftYxa6B9mKp67QTlwqhhV
YouTube: youtube.com/

09/30/2026

How does the Legal Risk Audit actually work? Here's how.

It starts with a pre-consultation questionnaire — your business, your operational structure, and the question most owners have never been asked directly: what is your biggest legal concern or uncertainty in your business right now?

Then we schedule an initial consultation to discuss your flat fee directly. Nothing is left undefined once we begin.

Once engaged, here's something I want every owner to hear first: it's okay if specific documents or procedures don't currently exist. This isn't backward-looking judgment. It's forward-thinking intelligence collection.

Then we get to work — reviewing your contracts, agreements, licensing, HR policies, and how your business actually runs day to day.

At the end, I sit down with you personally. Not a report in your inbox — a conversation. You leave knowing exactly where your business stands.

That is what the LRA is. And that is what it looks like to go through it.

You built it with intention. Protect it the same way.
Learn more about the Legal Risk Audit at glgdc.com/legal-risk-audit.

09/28/2026

If you own a business in the DC area, you are operating in one of the most actively regulated environments in the country.

Whether it's the Department of Employment Services, a licensing board, or the agency that oversees your industry — every DC area business is governed by multiple regulatory agencies.

And if you're dealing with a fine, a suspension, or a non-renewal determination, you're no longer dealing with the agency. You're in legal proceedings.

It's not the fines that cause the most harm. It's the operational disruption, lost contracts, and business termination — things that can put everything a company has built at risk.

Yet many business owners don't dedicate sufficient resources to compliance. And if they do, it often doesn't reach the top of the to-do list until a complaint has been filed.

Some complaints can't be avoided. But whether your business comes out on the wrong side of the investigation can be.

The Legal Risk Audit is designed to uncover this exposure before it surfaces on its own.

Not because a notice arrived. Because you chose to prioritize it before one did.

You built it with intention. Protect it the same way.
Learn more about the Legal Risk Audit at glgdc.com/legal-risk-audit.

09/28/2026

Have you lost your identity?

One day you may wake up and realize you have lost your way — not because you're not successful, not because you don't have a loving family — but because the things that have defined you no longer need you in the same way.

The kids are more independent. The business is churning along. Now you feel more like an intrusion than a force.

That's when the question "What do I truly want from life?" becomes urgent. Not when things are falling apart. When things are working.

But you cannot know what you want until you know who you are again.

We look for the answer outside of ourselves — coaches, mentors, clergy. But the most effective ones don't provide answers. They provide direction by asking you better questions.

This is not an intellectual journey. It is an emotional one.

A better question leads to a better question, leads to an even better question. The answer arrives through the process.

Ask better questions of yourself.

In the 13 Weeks to Becoming Rich Mindset Series, for business owners who are done surviving and ready to thrive — Marlon unpacks the classic Think and Grow Rich. Link in first comment.

Know. Decide. Do.

What question have you been avoiding? Drop it below. 👇

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1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 400
Washington D.C., DC
20004

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm

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