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

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.
View sourceRecognition, Coverage & Public Record
- CBS Sacramento (CBS13)Feb 2020 · Hello, Harvard Law: Overcoming The Odds, Stockton Native Is Accepted To Law School
- TRIALS 2019, AT FoundationNYU School of Law, Harvard Law School and the Advantage Testing Foundation · Alumni news
- DC Justice LabBoard member
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About Harold
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.
Path
- Education
Harvard Law School, J.D.
- Practice
Litigation associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Today
Lead Counsel, The Forgotten Prisoner
What He Oversees
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.
