Donald L. Graham (born December 15, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Graham was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He received a B.A. from West Virginia State College in 1971. He received a J.D. from Ohio State University College of Law in 1974. He was an Adjunct instructor, University of Maryland from 1975 to 1977. He was in the United States Army Major, JAG Corps from 1974 to 1979. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of Southern District of Florida from 1979 to 1984. He was in the United States Army Reserve, JAG Corps from 1983 to 1991. He was in private practice of law in Miami, Florida from 1984 to 1991. Graham was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Graham was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on June 17, 1991, to a seat vacated by Sidney Aronovitz. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 12, 1991, and received commission on September 16, 1991. Education and career Graham was born in 1948 in Salisbury, North Carolina. He graduated from West Virginia State College in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University with a Juris Doctor in 1974. Graham served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) from 1975 to 1977. He served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1974 to 1979, holding the rank of captain, and in the Army Reserve JAG Corps from 1983 to 1991. Graham served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 1979 to 1984. He was in private practice in Miami, Florida from 1984 to 1991. Federal judicial service President George H. W. Bush nominated Graham to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 17, 1991, to the seat vacated by Judge Sidney Aronovitz. Confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1991, he received commission on September 16, 1991. He took senior status on December 15, 2013. See also List of African-American jurists References External links 1948 births Living people West Virginia State University alumni African-American judges Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida United States district