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Ruth T. Griggs

Counsel

  • Fredericksburg
  • Richmond

P: (540) 373-2504

F: (540) 371-8158

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rgriggs@sandsanderson.com

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  • Healthcare
  • Cybersecurity & Technology
  • Litigation

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  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Professional Services
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Biography

Ruth Griggs is a member of the Healthcare group.  Her practice focuses on the defense of medical professionals. Ruth also specializes in HIPAA and other health care compliance matters as well as cybersecurity issues, particularly those associated with health information. She is based in the Richmond and Fredericksburg offices of the firm.
After earning her undergraduate degree, Ruth served in the United States Air Force as an Intelligence Officer.  She left the Air Force after serving in the First Gulf War.

After leaving the Air Force Ruth created a not-for-profit group which engaged in lobbying activities addressing state and local government land use issues in Virginia. In 1998, Ruth was elected to the Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, Virginia, representing the Occoquan Magisterial District.  She served for five years during which time she entered law school.
While in law school Ruth served as an intern to the Honorable S. Randolph Sengel, Commonwealth’s Attorney for City of Alexandria.  Following law school she served as the law clerk for the Honorable Stanley P. Klein in the Fairfax Circuit Court.


Recognition

  • "Legal Elite" in Health Law, Virginia Business Magazine
    2018 - 2022
  • Virginia "Super Lawyer®”in Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
    2019 - 2022

Background

Education

  • The George Washington University,
    Graduate Certificate, Healthcare Corporate Compliance
  • George Mason University School of Law,
    J.D., Cum Laude
  • Golden Gate University,
    M.B.A.
  • Villanova University,
    B.A.

Admissions

  • Virginia
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Involvement

Professional Affiliations

  • Virginia State Bar
  • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys

Publications

Publications by Ruth T. Griggs

  • "We're from the federal government and we're here to help... –Current Issues in Cybersecurity.."
    Journal of Civil Litigation, a publication of Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, (Summer 2016)
  • “A lien or not a lien, that is the question" – Medicare Part C and the Medicare Secondary Payer Provisions"
    Journal of Civil Litigation, a publication of Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, (Spring 2016)
  • "The Patient Safety Act goes [back] to Washington"
    Virginia Medical Law Report, a publication of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, (July 2015)
  • "The Federal Patient Safety Privilege (This is Not Your Grandmother's Peer Review Privilege!),"
    Journal of Civil Litigation, a publication of Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, (June 2014)

News by Ruth T. Griggs

  • COVID-19 and HIPAA
  • New Cybersecurity Threat Identification and Prevention Guidance from HHS
  • When is a child not a child for the purpose of access to health records?

News About Ruth T. Griggs

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  • Twenty-One Sands Anderson Attorneys Named to 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers®
  • Nineteen Sands Anderson Attorneys Named to 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers®
  • Forty Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2020 Virginia Business Legal Elite
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  • Forty Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2019 Virginia Business Legal Elite
  • Twenty Sands Anderson Attorneys Included in 2019 Super Lawyers® List
  • Thirty-One Sands Anderson Lawyers Named to 2018 Virginia Business Legal Elite
  • Sands Anderson Speaking Engagements Through December 2015
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