Andrew D. Graham

Andrew D. Graham is senior counsel and vice president of philosophy & education at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). In his role, he leads the design and direction of ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship, which works for societal renewal through creating a dense network of legal leaders formed in the knowledge, virtue, and skills necessary to build a more free, just, hope-filled future. He also connects and collaborates with thought leaders and culture-makers across sectors and contributes to public discourse through speaking and writing on law, politics, and culture.

Additionally, Graham is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute; a trustee of The Philadelphia Society; a member of the board of governors of the John Jay Institute; a voting member of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER); a member of The Mont Pelerin Society; and a member of The Federalist Society, where he serves on the executive committee for the Professional Responsibility & Legal Education Practice Group.

By appointment of the Supreme Court of Texas, he is also a member of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals (BODA). BODA is Texas’ statewide, independent adjudicatory body of 12 attorneys appointed to hear certain attorney-discipline cases and to promote consistency in the interpretation and application of the rules governing the practice of law.

Previously, Graham was a partner at Jackson Walker LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s litigation and appellate practice groups. While in private practice, he was named a “Texas Rising Star” multiple times. His articles and reviews have been published in the Federalist Society Review, Law & Liberty, Texas Review of Law & Politics, and Public Discourse.

Graham earned his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and the Hyer Society. He then earned master’s degrees at the University of Oxford (Oriel College) and The University of Chicago before returning home to Texas to earn his law degree at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

He is the first person in his family to attend college and is a first-generation American with dual American–Australian citizenship.