Graham Kerin BLAIR

Background

Blair, Graham Kerin was born on August 20, 1951 in Shirley, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph William and Ruth Marilyn (Shore) Blair.

Education

Southern Methodist University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1976). Phi Eta Sigma. Director, Board of Advocates, University of Texas School of Law, 1975-1976.

Career

Bar: Texas 1976, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1977, United States District.Ct. (southern district) Texas 1977. Association Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, 1976-1979.

Partner, co-chairman litigation section Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, 1979-1982.

Senior partner, managing director, chairman of the executive committee, chairman litigation group Norton & Blair, Houston, 1982-1993. Shareholder, head Houston litigation group, board directors Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered, Houston, 1993.

Author, lecturer on banking and construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Achievements

• GRAHAM BLAIR has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • "Lender Liability: New Rules in High Finance," American Banker, 1987. "Ways to Cut Lender Liability Exposure. Assessing the Risk," Texas Banking, February 1988.
    
    "Is the ’Worm’ Turning in Lender Liability Trend?" Houston Business Journal, 1989. Member, American Arbitration Association.

Membership

Fellow American Bar Association, Houston Bar Foundation. Member Texas Bar Foundation, Houston Bar Association (member administrative justice committee), State Bar Texas, Alpha Tau Omega.Republican.

Connections

Married Melanie Ann Offield, September 12, 1998. Children:Elizabeth Bryson, Austin Perkins.

Father:

Joseph William Blair

Mother:

Ruth Marilyn (Shore) Blair

Spouse:

Melanie Ann Offield

child:

Elizabeth Bryson Blair

child:

Austin Perkins Blair