Remembering Maurice B. “Marcy” Graham, past Missouri Bar president

Maurice B. “Marcy” Graham, 1988-1989 president of The Missouri Bar, died Sept. 9, 2025, at 87 years old.

Graham was president of Gray Ritter & Graham P.C. in St. Louis. Prior to that, he practiced law for several years in his hometown of Fredericktown. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

During his presidency, Graham was passionate about improving the public’s perception of lawyers and the justice system; expanding access to legal services; upholding the administration of justice; and encouraging mentorship opportunities for new and young lawyers.

“This is an exciting time to be a lawyer,” Graham wrote in the October/November 1988 Journal of The Missouri Bar. “We have traditionally been motivated by challenge. In that tradition, we as individual lawyers as well as an organized bar must continually find means to improve our noble profession and our American system of justice.”

Missouri lawyers can read more President’s Page messages from Graham in archives of the Journal of The Missouri Bar via HeinOnline.