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Decorated St. Louis attorney confirmed to UM Board of Curators

Graham
Graham

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The appointment of Maurice (Marcy) B. Graham to the University of Missouri Board of Curators was confirmed by the Senate today.

Graham is President of Gray, Ritter & Graham, P.C., a St. Louis law firm which concentrates practice in the areas of business and commercial litigation and catastrophic injury and death cases. He is a frequent speaker and author in the areas of litigation and legal ethics.

Graham attended Central Methodist University and University of Missouri, where he received both his B.A. and J.D. degree. He has received distinguished alumni awards from both universities, and is a past member of the Board of Curators of Central Methodist University as well as a trustee of the philanthropic Jefferson Club at the University of Missouri. He was chairman of the University of Missouri Law School’s $17 million endowment campaign.

Graham is also a member and a past chairman of the Sheldon Arts Foundation Board in St. Louis.

Graham has active outdoor interests, including skiing and biking. In 2013, he and his wife, Edna Mae, did a 245-mile bike ride across the state of Missouri.

Graham will represent District 2 on the board, which includes Clayton. His term expires January 1, 2021.

The Board of Curators, the governing body of the University of Missouri, consists of nine members, who are appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; provided, that at least one but no more than two shall be appointed from each congressional district, and no person shall be appointed a curator who shall not be a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been a resident of the state of Missouri two years prior to his appointment. Not more than five curators shall belong to any one political party.

 

HONORS, AWARDS, AND MORE

In 2015, Graham was appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to a six-year term to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

He is a 2014 recipient of the Missouri Lawyers Weekly “Mentor Award,” The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’ “William L. Weiss Award” and the “Richard S. Arnold Award for Distinguished Service,” United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Graham speaking
Graham speaking

Graham received the 2010 Award of Honor from The Lawyers Association of St. Louis. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs. He was named the Best Lawyers in America 2015® St. Louis Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year , the Best Lawyers’ 2013 St. Louis Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year, and Best Lawyers’ 2009 St. Louis Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year. He has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest given. He was voted as one of the top three in Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly’s “Missouri’s Best Survey” in the category of Best Litigator. Graham has been selected annually to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers (among the top 5 percent of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas) since 2005, and repeatedly has been included in the “Top 10 Attorneys” in the region. He is a member of The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trail Lawyers in Missouri”.

In 2006, Graham was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Central Methodist University. He served as a member of the Board of Curators of Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri, and is a member of the Sheldon Arts Foundation Board in St. Louis, serving as Board Chairman from 2007-2010.

Graham
Graham

He received the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Lawyer of the Year Award 2001; The Missouri Bar President’s Award, 1991; Spurgeon-Smithson Award, 1994; Purcell Professionalism Award, 2000; and Pro Bono Award, 2000. He was the co-author of “Spoliation of Medical Records,” (1996) (selected to receive the Oliver Rasch Award as the outstanding article of 1996); and “Hedonic Damages – Where are We?” (1995).

In 1992, Graham was honored by the University of Missouri with a Distinguished Alumni Award. He is active in University affairs, having served as President of the University of Missouri Law School Foundation, and a Trustee of the Jefferson Club. Graham served as Chairman of the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School’s $17 million endowment campaign.

He received a Special Merit Citation from the American Judicature Society in 1989 and received a Citation of Merit from the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School in 1988.