About James A.
James A. Graham built a career that moves between classrooms, classrooms of a different kind and the small office of a solo practice. He completed his undergraduate degree at Southern University - New Orleans in 1999, followed by a Master of Education from the University of New Orleans in 2002. He added an M.B.A. from the same institution in 2005 and earned a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans in 2009.
His early professional life began in K–12 education. In 1999 he joined the Orleans Parish School Board as a teacher and later served as special education chairperson. Those years in the district informed his later work. He transitioned into property management in 2002 with Latter & Blum and moved into business development and relocation at ERA Stirling Properties in 2006. He continued to blend practice and instruction, teaching in the School of Business at the University of Phoenix in 2011 and working at KIPP New Orleans in 2010.
After earning his law degree in 2009, Graham opened The Law Office of James A. Graham LLC in 2013. He has balanced the demands of running a small firm with consulting projects. In 2015 he led child nutrition program consulting and management for The Healthy School Food Collaborative. That engagement drew on both his education background and administrative experience. His legal practice grew out of those professional roots rather than emerging from a narrow, single-track career.
Graham maintains memberships in the New Orleans Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has kept ties to educational institutions and to community-facing programs. Those connections inform how he approaches client matters and public-facing projects. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves easily between administrative details and policy-level questions.
He is licensed to practice in Louisiana and runs his practice from The Law Office of James A. Graham LLC. His caseload and consulting work tend to reflect the path he has taken through education administration, school program management and real estate-related roles earlier in his career. His practice includes legal work that draws on his experience in education administration, school nutrition program consulting, and real estate.
