Maurice B. Graham

Maurice B. Graham is President of Gray Ritter Graham, located in St. Louis, Missouri.

Focusing his practice on civil litigation, he represents clients in matters involving complex business and commercial disputes, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Graham has an AV-Preeminent* rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in Best Lawyers of America in numerous categories, including "Bet the Company Litigation." He has been named a Best Lawyers "St. Louis Lawyer of the Year" six times, in various practice categories.

After receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri, Mr. Graham attended the University of Missouri School of Law, earning his J.D. in 1962. Admitted to practice in Missouri, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 8th and 9th Circuits; and the Supreme Court of the United States.

An honored member of the Missouri legal community, Mr. Graham was the 2010 recipient of the Award of Honor from the Lawyers Association of St. Louis. He has also been named "Lawyer of the Year" by Missouri Lawyers Weekly and has been given citations of merit by the American Judicature Society and the University of Missouri School of Law. A former president of both The Missouri Bar and the St. Louis Bar Foundation, Mr. Graham has also chaired the Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee, which oversees attorney discipline.

In 2015, Mr. Graham was appointed to a six-year term to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, serving as Chairman in 2017. 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. 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. Mr. Graham served as Chairman of the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School’s $17 million endowment campaign.

Mr. Graham was the 2016 recipient of the Distinguished Lawyer Award from The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. 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.

In addition to his membership in the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Mr. Graham is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice. He is a board member of the Sheldon Arts Foundation, serving as Board Chairman from 2007-2010.