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EDUCATION:
- LLM in Taxation - Georgetown University Law Center
- JD University of Missouri Law School
- BS/BA University of Missouri
BAR ADMISSIONS:
- Missouri
PRACTICE AREAS
PRACTICE AREA LOCATION(S)
- Washington DC
Christopher Graham, Esq.
Of Counsel
Chris Graham provides representation to employees and government contractors seeking representation in their security and facility clearances including application counseling, Statement of Reasons responses, clearance revocation, and suspension or denial appeals before the Department of Defense Office of Hearings & Appeals (DOHA). Chris is a vastly experienced national security attorney who is able to assist all individuals or corporations attempting to secure a clearance of any level.
Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Chris Graham served as an administrative judge (AJ) at DOHA, where he conducted inperson hearings, evaluated evidence and testimony and issued 155 decisions on the revocation or denial of governmentlevel security clearances, including secret, top secret, and top secret/SCI, granted by the Department of Defense and 31 other agencies.
Before moving to the Washington area, Chris Graham, a native of Jefferson City, MO, devoted himself to serving four terms as a Missouri State Representative, as legal counsel to the Missouri State Auditor, as assistant attorney general, as a commissioner of the Administrative Hearing Commission, as well as an administrative law judge for contested matters related to the regulation of the state's surface transportation industry. Simultaneously he served as the state judge advocate and ethics counselor in the Missouri National Guard, retiring after 30 years' service with the rank of colonel in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.
In 2003, Chris was elected as president of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges. Two years later, he was the chair of the American Bar Association, Judicial Division, National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary.
Chris Graham earned his juris doctorate from the University of Missouri Law School in Columbia, MO, as well as a masters of law in taxation at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Missouri.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN MISSOURI. NOT ADMITTED TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTICE LIMITED TO PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SOLELY BEFORE A SPECIAL COURT, DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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