Tara M. Griffith

About Tara M. Griffith

Corporate leader and legal counselor, ethics and compliance manager, and labor and employment law practitioner with versatile and proven experience managing and litigating significant legal and compliance matters for a Fortune 50 public company with extensive national and international operations and a workforce of union and non-unionized employees. In addition to my extensive and expansive practice of management side labor and employment law, I am versed in enterprise, legal and compliance risk assessment and governance; Code of Business Ethics and Conduct administration and certification; integrity helpline investigation, response and management; conflicts of interest and business courtesies disclosure and reporting programs; anti-corruption/anti-bribery compliance, anti-retaliation/whistleblowing and related corporate policies and programs; management of internal and third party controls and audit environments and responses; enterprise wide ethical engagement and training and communication development and delivery; Board and officer engagement and results reporting; and strategic development and oversight of processes, procedures and standards of operations to support sound business practices aligning the company’s business integrity mission, vision and core values with business strategy, laws and regulations.My career passions blend my legal successes and experience with my leadership skills to build and guide an integrated, best-in-class legal support team to achieve enterprise business and operational goals that mitigate legal and compliance risk.KEY SKILLS AND EXPERTISE#CorporateCounsel#Lawyer#Attorney#Litigation#HumanResouces #LaborLaw#Management#Leadership#Compliance#Arbitration #Regulations#Mediation #Defense#EmploymentLaw#MaritimeLaw#Union#Adaptability#GrowthOrientation#Ethics#OrganizationalCulture#Integrity#CodeofBusinessConduct#HelplineReporting #DataAnalytics#Inclusion#Negotiations#PolicyManagement#Anticorruption#FCPA#ResourceManagement #InternalInvestigations#ExecutiveTraining#BoardPresentations#Whistleblowing #InternalControls#M&A#DueDiligence #DataPrivacy#Supervision#ChangeManagement#Mentoring

Experience

1. Deputy General Counsel - Labor and Employment

   Marathon Petroleum Corporation

   Jan 2024 — Present · Findlay, OH, US

Education

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

  Executive Development Program

• The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

  Juris Doctorate, Law, With Honors

  2000 — 2003

• St. Francis DeSales High School

  College Prep, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

  1988 — 1992

• Ohio University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Journalism, Summa Cum Laude

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Editing
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Human Resources
• Civil Litigation
• Contract Negotiation
• Government Contracting
• Employment Law
• Legal Compliance
• Due Diligence
• Document Drafting
• Legal Assistance
• Employment Discrimination
• Training
• Traditional Labor Law
• Legal Advice
• Privacy Law
• Corporate Law
• Whistleblower
• Westlaw
• Legal Research
• Leadership
• Alternative Dispute Resolution