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Captain Keith F. Graham originally received a Presidential direct commission as a Navy line officer. Subsequently at age 21, he received his B.A. degree in History (class standing of 1st with 4.0 GPA) from Santa Clara University. Upon acceptance to Santa Clara University School of Law, he was placed in the Navy’s Law Student Program. Before receipt of his Juris Doctor in 1977, he was assigned to the Staff Judge Advocate’s Office, Naval Air Station Moffett Field and the Naval Legal Service Office, Pearl Harbor. Immediately following law school, he was a civilian attorney with the Navy General Counsel’s Office until reporting to the U.S Naval Justice School, Newport, Rhode Island in March 1978. After service aboard USS KANSAS CITY (AOR-3), Captain Graham was the Staff Judge Advocate at the Mare Island Naval Complex with collateral duty as counsel for West Coast asbestos litigation involving the Navy until January 1981. Thereafter, he served as the Staff Judge Advocate, Western Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Upon release from active duty in May 1981, he rejoined the Navy General Counsel’s Office. His duties involved construction projects in the nine western states including assignment as counsel for the construction of the new Naval Hospital, San Diego. Thereafter, he served as an environmental trial attorney filing the first two Superfund cases with the Navy (not EPA) as plaintiff. Naval Reserve assignments 1981-1991 included the Office of the Judge Advocate General; Staff Judge Advocate for Military Sealift Command, Pacific; and Legal Service Office San Francisco. In 1985, he was employed as an environmental, public contract, and real estate law counsel at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons research and development facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. Presently, he is Deputy Manager, Site 300 experimental test facility for the Weapons and Complex Integration Principal Directorate which supports the Laboratory’s main mission of overseeing the Nation’s nuclear arsenal through the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program. For the past 33 years, he has been Adjunct Professor at the California Maritime Academy (CMA) teaching international maritime law, admiralty law, environmental law, engineering ethics, and business law. He administers CMA’s Law Minor Program and serves on the Academy’s Industry Advisory Board. In 1991, he was appointed a trustee and assumed as well the State statutory office of Counsel to the CMA Foundation Board of Trustees during 1992, serving until 1996. He has held appointments as Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for 27 years for criminal, civil, and national security cases and assisted the Justice Department’s prosecution of Exxon for environmental crimes associated with the EXXON VALDEZ incident. Having held an appointment as an adjunct professor at the U.S. Naval Justice School, he was recalled for duty during Desert Storm for international environmental law training of Navy judge advocates. He was assigned as Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Legal Service Office San Francisco 120 from October 1991 to September 1993 and as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at REDCOM XX until its closure in 1995. Captain Graham retired from the Naval Reserve effective 1 September 1996. Personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, Navy Achievement Medal, as well as the Medal of Merit from the State of California. He has also been awarded the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the Volunteer Service Medal, the Navy Pistol Ribbon, and State Service Ribbon. Captain Graham is a licensed Merchant Marine Staff Officer, frequent lecturer, and author of several legal articles while maintaining an active pro bono legal practice involving maritime matters as well as the relocation of refugees from Viet Nam. He is the father of three children: Kristin, Katherine, and Brian.
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Keith Forrest Graham