Tenika R. Griggs — Founder and Managing Attorney

Tenika is a Michigan attorney and executive legal, compliance, and policy leader with progressive responsibility across commercial transactions, community and economic development, regulatory compliance, investigations, and public policy.

Before founding Griggs Law Group, she served the City of Detroit's Civil Rights, Inclusion & Opportunity Department, rising from Inclusion Analyst to Incentives Compliance Manager to Director of Compliance to Deputy Director. As Deputy Director she directed legal, compliance, operational, and strategic functions for a 35-person department responsible for civil-rights enforcement, workforce and development compliance, and equitable economic opportunity. She advised the Detroit Human Rights Commission, the Mayor's Office, and executive leadership on civil-rights, compliance, policy, governance, and institutional-risk matters; led internal complaint and investigative functions; and drafted Community Benefits and development agreements while overseeing compliance for major publicly supported construction and development projects. She implemented a 60-day case-closeout strategy that produced the department's highest case-closure volume in three years, and designed compliance policies, procedures, and reporting frameworks governing tax-incentivized development, including Brownfield, PA 210, and Neighborhood Enterprise Zone matters.