Meet V. J. Graffeo

V. J.’s litigation practice areas include contracts, torts, insurance, non-competes, trade secrets, employment, business dissolution, shareholder disputes, securities fraud, real estate, and trust litigation. He has served lead attorney in multiple jury trials and appeals in federal and state courts, as well as FINRA and AAA arbitrations. He has litigated state and federal court cases in over half of Alabama’s 67 counties, throughout the United States and abroad as part of an international arbitration case. V. J. is admitted in Supreme Court of the United States and has handled cases seeking and opposing writs of certiorari.

V. J. provides corporate services for business clients, including entity formation, contract drafting, employment agreements, mergers & acquisitions and employee training. As a business owner himself, V. J. understands the excitement, uncertainty, risks, challenges and rewards owning and operating a business brings. He represents clients in initial company organizations, stock purchase agreements, lease negotiations, executive severance packages, employment and non-competition agreements. V. J. also provides corporate contract and employment law training for management and personnel.

V. J. graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in Political Science and minors in General Business and Classics, having received a full Presidential Scholarship. At Alabama, he served as SGA Executive Vice President, was a member of JASONS, Capstone Men & Women and Omicron Delta Kappa. He also worked as an intern for Senator Richard Shelby in Washington, D.C. V. J. graduated from The University of Alabama School of Law where he was the Research Editor of the Law & Psychology Review, a member of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, and was Student Bar Association Vice President. A constant learner, V. J. obtained an MBA degree with a Finance Concentration in 2018 from UAB Collat School of Business to broaden his business background in today’s modern global economy and to provide an increased level of service and perspective to his entrepreneurial and traditional corporate clients.  V. J. was named the 2018 UAB Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Masters of Business Administration and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key International Honour Society.

V. J. was recognized by the Birmingham Business Journal as a Top 40 Under 40 in 2012, is a member of the 2011-2012 City of Birmingham YP United Leadership Initiative Class and a graduate of the 2011 Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum Class 7. V. J. was a member of the Leadership UAB Class of 2009, was honored in 2009 with the NAACP Rising Icon and Leader in Civic Engagement Award and the Birmingham Business Alliance Young Professional Over Achiever Award. He is a proud Eagle Scout with palms.

Driven by his desire to serve others, V. J. is involved with multiple charitable and civic organizations in the community. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham, the Birmingham Inn of Court and the Blackburn Institute and the inaugural City of Birmingham Small Business Council.  V. J. previously served on the Members Board and was the 2011-2012 President of the Junior Patrons of the Birmingham Museum of Art.  He was a founding member of the Rotaract Club of Birmingham and served as its 2009-2010 President. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section and the Junior Board for Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School. V. J. currently serves on the Leadership Council for the Alabama Law Alumni Society for the University of Alabama School of Law.