Maurice Graham concentrates his practice in the areas of complex business and commercial litigation. He is a frequent speaker and author on litigation.

Mr. Graham is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in numerous categories, including Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation. He was named the 2018, 2015 and 2009 Best Lawyers St. Louis "Lawyer of the Year" for Bet-the-Company Litigation.

He received the 2016 Distinguished Lawyer Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the 2010 Award of Honor from The Lawyers Association of St. Louis.

Mr. Graham 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. Mr. Graham has been selected annually to Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers since 2005, and is included in the publication's "Top 10 Attorneys" in the two-state region.

He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals, in addition to being admitted in the federal courts of Missouri. Mr. Graham has handled cases in federal and state courts throughout Missouri and in courts in Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Carolina, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Mr. Graham was a member of The Missouri Bar Board of Governors from 1980 through 1990 and president of The Missouri Bar in 1988-89. He has served on several Missouri Bar and Missouri Supreme Court task forces and committees. He has served as a member and chairman of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee, which oversees attorney discipline in Missouri.

Mr. Graham is a past president of the St. Louis Bar Foundation. He is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the American Bar Association. He was a member of the ABA House of Delegates from 1990-1994. He 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, the American Association for Justice, and the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Graham received a Special Merit Citation from the American Judicature Society in 1989 and received a Citation of Merit from the University of Missouri Law School in 1988. In 1992, he 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 Law School's $17 million endowment campaign.

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

In 2006, Mr. 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.

He was educated at Central Methodist University and the University of Missouri, where he received his B.A. degree and his J.D. degree in 1962.