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Lead Counsel · The Forgotten Prisoner

Harold Grigsby III, Esq.

Lead Counsel

J.D., Harvard Law School | Former Litigation Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

"A force for real legal outcomes."

Harold Grigsby serves as Lead Counsel, directing the frontline legal strategy for impact litigation, sentence-modification cases, and post-conviction relief for individuals unjustly imprisoned.

Meet the team
Harold Grigsby III, Esq., Lead Counsel at The Forgotten Prisoner
Harvard Law SchoolJuris Doctor

Focused on public-interest law, criminal-justice reform, and community-based advocacy.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Litigation associate at one of the world's largest international law firms.

Pro Bono Service Awards

Consecutive Pro Bono Service Awards at Kirkland & Ellis for representing asylum seekers, death row inmates, and veterans.

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A people-centered advocate

Harold earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he focused on public-interest law, criminal-justice reform, and community-based advocacy. While at Harvard, he worked with legal clinics representing underserved individuals in criminal defense, housing justice, and civil-rights matters, building his foundation as a people-centered advocate.

Following graduation, Harold practiced as a litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, one of the world's largest and most elite international law firms. There, he gained advanced experience in:

  • complex litigation;
  • high-stakes investigations;
  • strategic legal advocacy.

He later made the principled decision to dedicate his career fully to impact-driven justice work, aligning his professional life with his lived experience and moral convictions.

Harold's personal journey gives him rare insight into how over-policing, systemic inequality, and mass incarceration shape lives and families. That perspective fuels his relentless advocacy for those who have been forgotten, discarded, or left behind by the justice system.

  1. Harvard Law School, J.D.

  2. Litigation associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

  3. Lead Counsel, The Forgotten Prisoner

As Lead Counsel, Harold oversees

Sentence-modification petitions

Post-conviction relief litigation

Individual freedom-restoration cases

Trial-level advocacy and direct legal action

His work ensures that The Forgotten Prisoner is not only a movement, but a force for real legal outcomes.

Justice cannot wait

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