Joshua Grimes
Esq.
PA, USJoshua L. Grimes, of Grimes Law Offices, LLC, is a leading attorney in the world-wide meeting, hospitality and association industries. His clients include meeting and event planners, associations, trade groups, hotels, restaurants, convention and conference facilities, and tour operators.
As a practicing attorney for over 25 years, Mr. Grimes meets the specialized legal needs of hospitality industry professionals. Mr. Grimes' work for meeting planners, hotels and meeting facilities includes contract negotiation, franchise and management agreements, property sales, labor issues, and civil litigation. He was in charge of legal matters for the opening of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Mr. Grimes served as Legal Counsel to the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys.
Mr. Grimes is a highly sought-after author and speaker on meeting law topics. He is known for analyzing complex legal issues for his audiences in a way that makes them understandable to non-lawyers and participants of varying levels of experience. His common-sense approach makes him the "go-to" legal speaker for dozens of meeting/association industry groups across the US, and in Canada and other countries.
Mr. Grimes is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and The George Washington University Law School. He is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Grimes is an avid runner, father and die-hard Philadelphia sports fan.
Joshua L. Grimes, of Grimes Law Offices, LLC, is a leading attorney in the world-wide meeting, hospitality and association industries. His clients include meeting and event planners, associations, trade groups, hotels, restaurants, convention and conference facilities, and tour operators.
As a practicing attorney for over 25 years, Mr. Grimes meets the specialized legal needs of hospitality industry professionals. Mr. Grimes' work for meeting planners, hotels and meeting facilities includes contract negotiation, franchise and management agreements, property sales, labor issues, and civil litigation. He was in charge of legal matters for the opening of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Mr. Grimes served as Legal Counsel to the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys.
Mr. Grimes is a highly sought-after author and speaker on meeting law topics. He is known for analyzing complex legal issues for his audiences in a way that makes them understandable to non-lawyers and participants of varying levels of experience. His common-sense approach makes him the "go-to" legal speaker for dozens of meeting/association industry groups across the US, and in Canada and other countries.
Mr. Grimes is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and The George Washington University Law School. He is admitted to the Bars of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Grimes is an avid runner, father and die-hard Philadelphia sports fan.
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My most popular session, earning better than a 97% favorable rating at MPI's 2016 WEC in Atlantic City! Also enjoyed extensive coverage in industry press.
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Enthusiastically received at MPI's WEC 2016 in Atlantic City!
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