Professor
of Law and Management
Phone: 704-406-4379
Education
Baylor School of
Law Juris
Doctorate
Waco, Texas
Asbury College B.A.,
Mathematics
Wilmore, Kentucky (Cum
Laude)
Yale University Completion
New Haven,
Connecticut (With
Honors)
Intensive
course in Chinese (Mandarin)
Teaching Experience
Gardner-Webb University (1999
to Present)
Associate Dean of
the School of Business
Broyhill
School of Management (undergraduate)
Graduate
School of Business
Legal Environment of Business (undergraduate)
Business Law and Ethics (MBA)
Employment Law (MBA)
E-commerce and Internet Law (MBA)
Health Care Law and Ethics (MBA)
Accounting Legal Issues (MAcc)
Estates, Gifts, and Trust Planning (MAcc)
University of Wyoming School of Business
Adjunct Professor
of Law
MS in E-Business
Program
Internet Law and Regulation
University of Wyoming School of Law
Adjunct Professor
of Law
Internet Law Seminar
Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas
Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer
Foundations of the Legal System
Grace Community, Tyler, Texas
Administrator and
Mathematics Instructor
Start-up and administration of private school
K-12
Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California
Instructor of
Chinese (Mandarin)
Honored for merit as an instructor
Mathematics and Science Instructor
Public secondary
school
Other Experience
Elected County and Prosecuting Attorney
Sublette County,
Wyoming
Elected 2002 and served full-time until
August 2005
Served as the Deputy County and Prosecuting
Attorney 1987-1994
Private Practice of Law
Solo Practice
bv rated
Business and commercial law
Estate and tax planning
Transactional law
Real estate law
Municipal and local government law
Mason &
Graham, P.C.
Pinedale, Wyoming
av-rated firm, personally rated bv
Business and commercial law
Civil litigation
Transactional law
Municipal and local government law
Public education law
Employment law
Appellate practice
Magistrate of the County Court
Sublette County,
Wyoming
Military Service
United States Air
Force
Intelligence gathering
Worked under a Top Secret security clearance
Papers and
Presentations
ADEA Waivers: You Can Have Your Cake and Eat
It, Too, paper presented at proceedings of the Southeast Academy of Legal
Studies in Business, Savannah, Georgia, November 2006.
Church Law and Administration, presented
at the Church Leadership Conference, hosted by the Center for
Congregational Enrichment, M. Christopher White School of Divinity,
Gardner-Webb University, 2003.
Internet Law, presented at the Wyoming
State Bar 2002 Annual Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in September 2002.
Business Ethics: Does It Matter What You Believe, Does It
Matter What You Are Taught? with Philip Swicegood,
Philip Williams, and Brian Neureuther, proceedings of the Christian Business
Faculty Association, Fall 2001
The Internet and Taxation Issues,
presented at a meeting of the APICS - The Educational Society for Resource
Management, Charlotte, North Carolina chapter, 2001.
The Internet and Intellectual Property Law,
presented at a business conference entitled Making E-Commerce Work for You,
co-hosted by the World Trade Resource Center and the Gardner-Webb Graduate
School of Business, 2001.
Church Law and Administration, presented
at the Church Leadership Conference, hosted by the Center for
Congregational Enrichment, M. Christopher White School of Divinity,
Gardner-Webb University, 2000.
Employment Law for School Boards,
presented at the annual meeting of the Wyoming School Board Association, 1992.
Seminars Taught
Employment Law for Business Leaders,
Business Law Institute, presented in Tyler, Texas, and Cleveland, Tennessee,
2000.
Church Law for Church Leaders, Business
Law Institute, presented in Tyler, Texas, and Cleveland, Tennessee, 2000.
Reported Cases
Cooper v. Town of Pinedale, 1 P.3d 1197
(Wyo. 2000). Tried, briefed and argued
by Van Graham. Successfully defended the
Town of Pinedale in a challenge to municipal debt to the State for public works
without local referendum.
Board of County Commissioners of Sublette
County, Wyoming v. Geringer, Governor of the State of Wyoming, 941 P.2d 742
(Wyo. 1997). Tried and briefed by Van
Graham. Successfully prosecuted local
law and equal protection challenge to State funding of the county court system.
Board of County Commissioners of Sublette
County, Wyoming v. Enron Oil & Gas Company, 869 P.2d 132 (Wyo.
1994). Tried, briefed and argued by Van
Graham. Represented the County in ad
valorem taxation issue.
Wyoming Mining Association v. State of
Wyoming Board of Equalization, 748 P.2d 718 (Wyo. 1988). Amicus curiae brief by Van Graham on behalf
of the Wyoming Association of County Commissioners.
Workers Compensation Division v. Malkowski,
741 P.2d 604 (Wyo. 1987). Tried, briefed
and argued by Van Graham.
Employment Security Commission of Wyoming v.
Swartz, 740 P.2d 401 (Wyo. 1987).
Tried and briefed by Van Graham.
Nickerson v. Workers Compensation Division,
740 P.2d 399 (Wyo. 1987). Briefed by Van
Graham.
Story v. Wyoming State Board of Medical
Examiners, 721 P.2d 1013 (Wyo. 1986).
Argued by Van Graham.
Story v. State of Wyoming, 721 P.2d 1020
(Wyo. 1986). Briefed by Van Graham.
State of Wyoming v. District Court of the
Second Judicial District, 715 P.2d 191 (Wyo. 1986). Briefed by Van Graham, representing the
District Court. Established the
substantive right to bail pending appeal in criminal cases.
Admissions to Practice
Law
State of Texas
State of Wyoming
State of Tennessee
State of North
Carolina
United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
United States
District Court for the District of Wyoming
U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Professional
Organizations
Southeast Academy
of Legal Studies in Business
Christian Business
Faculty Association
Wyoming State Bar
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of
Tennessee
North Carolina
State Bar