Ray Reynolds Reynolds Graves

Background

Graves, Ray Reynolds was born on January 10, 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. Son of Isaac and Olga Ernestine(Wilder) Graves.

Education

Bachelor, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1967. Juris Doctor, Wayne State University, 1970.

Career

Bar: Mich.1971, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan 1971, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1972, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1976, District of Columbia 1977. Defender, Legal Aid and Defender Association, Detroit, 1970-1971. Associate Liberson, Fink, Feiler, Crystal & Burdick, 1971-1972, Patmon, Young & Kirk, 1972-1973.

Partner Lewis, White, Clay & Graves, 1974-1981. Member legal department Detroit Edison Company, 1981. Judge The United States of America Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District Michigan, Detroit, 1982, chief judge The United States of America Bankruptcy Court, 1991-1995.

Member of the United States Court Committee, State Bar Michigan Board of directors Michigan Cancer Foundation. Trustee Michigan Opera Theatre, 1986-1988. Vestry Christ Church Episcopal, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1994-1997.

Delegate Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church, Michigan, 1997.

Membership

Fellow American College Bankruptcy, 1993. Member National Conference Bankruptcy Judges (Board of Governors 1984-1988), World Association Judges, World Peace Through Law Conference, Association BlackJudges Michigan, Wolverine Bar Association, Detroit Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Pi Phi, Iota Boulé.

Connections

Children: Claire Elise, Reynolds Douglass.

Father:

Isaac Graves

Mother:

Olga Ernestine(Wilder) Graves

child:

Claire Elise Graves

child:

Reynolds Douglass Graves