[1] After earning her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1998, she went to work for several years as a special education teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and worked as a curriculum specialist at various education non-profits.
[3][4] In 2011, she served as a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley.
[5] Graham was one of several court staffers interviewed in the investigation and pointed to pressure from the state legislature as having damaged relations between the justices.
[6][7] Following her clerkship, Graham was hired by the national law firm Quarles & Brady in their Madison office, working in commercial litigation.
While working at Quarles & Brady, she was also volunteering as a commissioner on Wisconsin's National and Community Service Board, having been appointed in 2010.