Graham was born in 1948 in
Salisbury, North Carolina. He graduated from
West Virginia State College in 1971 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and from the
Moritz College of Law at
Ohio State University with a
Juris Doctor in 1974. Graham served as an adjunct instructor at the
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) from 1975 to 1977. He served in the
United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1974 to 1979, holding the
rank of
captain, and in the
Army Reserve JAG Corps from 1983 to 1991. Graham served as an
assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 1979 to 1984. He was in private practice in Miami from 1984 to 1991.
Federal judicial service President
George H. W. Bush nominated Graham to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 17, 1991, to the seat vacated by Judge
Sidney Aronovitz. On September 12, 1991, he was confirmed by the
Senate. He received his commission on September 16, 1991. He assumed
senior status on December 15, 2013. == See also ==