Editing Doug Graham (section)

==Early life and family==
Graham was born in [[Auckland]], and attended [[Southwell School]] and [[Auckland Grammar School]]. In 1965 he obtained an [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] from the [[University of Auckland]] and became a lawyer, establishing his own practice in 1968. From 1973 to 1983, he lectured in [[legal ethics]] at the University of Auckland. He was chairman of the board of the Auckland Regional Orchestra from 1982 to 1983.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=316}}

His great-grandfather [[Robert Graham (New Zealand politician)|Robert Graham]] was a member of the [[2nd New Zealand Parliament|2nd]], [[3rd New Zealand Parliament|3rd]] and [[4th New Zealand Parliament|4th]] New Zealand parliaments, from 1855 to 1868. In 2008, his brother [[Kennedy Graham]] was elected to parliament representing the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4523886a6160.html|title=Ex-Nat's brother No 9 for Greens|last=Small|first=Vernon|date=13 May 2008|work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]]|accessdate=25 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/ |title=New Zealand Election Results |accessdate=2008-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120701105222/http://2008.electionresults.govt.nz/ |archivedate=1 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> His son, Carrick, is a [[public relations]] consultant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11311647|title=PR body to decide on Dirty Politics ethics|author=John Drinnan|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=20 August 2014}}</ref>