Name: Joseph M. Graham, Jr.
Item: Joseph M. Graham, Jr.
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Joseph M. Graham, Jr.

Co-Head of Dispute Resolution and Litigation, Houston Office, Houston
Tel +1 713 651 8214
joseph.graham@nortonrosefulbright.com

Joseph Graham, Jr. is Co-Head of Litigation for the Houston office. Mr. Graham has a wide variety of experience in counseling clients in business litigation, arbitration and government investigations.

His experience includes commercial trial work in a number of Federal and State Courts (including courts in Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Jersey, Utah, New York and California), as well as in the American Arbitration Association's International Court of Arbitration and in the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

From 2012 to the present, Mr. Graham has been selected by Ace Insurance as one of two dozen preferred securities litigators in North America. Mr. Graham is also Co-Chair of the Risk Advisory Committee at the Firm.

Related services

Dispute resolution and litigation
Securities litigation, regulation and enforcement
International arbitration
Antitrust and competition
Class actions
Insurance
Government relations and public policy
Key industry sectors

Transport
Energy

Education

JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1993

BA, Political Philosophy, University of Dallas, 1990

While in school, Mr. Graham was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Academic All-American, and the recipient of The University of Chicago Outstanding Merit Scholarship. Mr. Graham is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, the District of Arizona, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Fifth Circuits. Mr. Graham was also captain of his college tennis team and still plays frequently.

Representative experience

Recent representative experience includes:

International Arbitration:

Defended an international oil company in ICC International Court of Arbitration over a multi-million dollar dispute concerning lease rights off the coast of West Africa
Represented an international oil company in an offshore oil lease dispute involving a West African government
Represented an international oil company in ICC arbitration involving a multi-million dollar claim related to a joint venture contract
Defended a major defense contractor against a $50 million claim asserted in Texas State Court and International Arbitration by a British conglomerate

Arbitration:

Represented large oilfield services company in an arbitration claim for more than $106 million related to earnout agreement
Represented international oil company in multi-hundred million dollar dispute involving funding for drilling.

Antitrust and Government Investigations:

Represented Belgium-based global freight cargo company in response to Department of Justice inquiry into potential criminal price fixing on a world-wide basis
Represented company in the defense of multi-million dollar complaint filed by F.T.C. related to company's Internet marketing practices
Conducted internal corporate investigation concerning potential foreign corrupt practices
Represented global freight forwarding company in class action civil litigation related to alleged world-wide price fixing

Securities:

Defended large oilfield services company in derivative ligation in state and federal court in Ohio and Texas related to $2.5 billion acquisition
Defended a leading oil company in derivative litigation related to the $500 million purchase of another company
Defended shareholder class action and 10(b) fraud case concerning multi-million dollar roll-out of new product
Represented a British software company in a $55 million securities lawsuit concerning the company's investment in a software distributor and gaming website
Represented a Fortune 100 company in analysis of potential participation in billion dollar settlement of IPO "spinning" litigation
Represented a multi-billion dollar private equity fund, and officers and directors, in securities litigation involving multi-million dollar purchase of company
Represented on-line learning company, and key executives, related to multi-million dollar fraud action concerning potential acquisition
Represented numerous officers and directors in securities litigation related to failed investment vehicle
Represented a major telecommunications company in securities litigation related to the multi-billion dollar launch of a satellite system

Product Liabilities:

Represented large international oil company in dozens of claims involving well blow-out.
Represented a company in nation-wide class action in Missouri related to allegedly defective dip tubes in water heaters
Represented a tire company in half a dozen different cases (each asserting millions of dollars in damages) related to the alleged failures of tire products

Consumer Class Actions:

Represented both Belgium-based and Netherlands-based global freight cargo companies in civil litigation related to alleged global price fixing
Defended a consumer company in a $500 million putative class action brought in Texas State Court under various Texas consumer protection statutes
Represented a major global Internet provider in defense of a multi-million dollar dispute in Federal Court concerning software
Insurance Coverage:

Represented an insurance company in the defense of a multi-million dollar ERISA class action claim asserted in Indiana Federal Court
Defended a title insurance company in a number of million dollar plus disputes in both Federal and State courts
Contracts:

Represented an international logistics company in a multi-million dollar labor dispute in New Jersey State Court
Represented a cable company in $100 million dispute related to I.R.U. agreement
Represented a private equity firm in a dispute involving a multi-million dollar investment made in a production plant in Northern California

Admissions

California State Bar
Texas State Bar
Rankings and recognitions

Acritas Star, Acritas, 2017, 2018
Texas Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2017-2018
Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Texas Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2007
Wiley E. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, State Bar of California Board of Governors
Attorneys of the Year Award, Western Center for Disability Rights for representation of The Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center, 2003
Who's Who in America, Marquis
Memberships and activities

American Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Texas - Antitrust and Business Litigation Section
State Bar of California
Mr. Graham is on the Board of University of St. Thomas where his father was a professor for over forty years.

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