Richard W. Moore

Richard W. Moore
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
Assumed office
September 22, 2017
President Donald Trump
Preceded by Kenyen R. Brown
Inspector General for the Tennessee Valley Authority
In office
May 9, 2003 – September 2017
President George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Personal details
Born 1952 (age 65–66)
Bartow, Florida
Education Spring Hill College, (B.S.)
Cumberland School of Law, (J.D.)

Richard Wayne Moore (born 1952) is an American lawyer who has served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama since 2017. Prior to assuming his current role, he had served as the Inspector General for the Tennessee Valley Authority since 2003, when he was appointed by George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.[1]

Education and career

Moore received his Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, from Spring Hill College in 1974 and his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law in 1977. In 2015, Moore was named Cumberland School of Law's Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. From 1997 to 1998, Moore was an Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Oxford. At Oxford, Moore conducted an independent study on the prosecution of complex international fraud cases.

Moore has practiced law in Mobile, Alabama and Cleveland, Ohio. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama from 1985 to 2003. During this time, Moore served as chief of the criminal division, as senior litigation counsel, and as coordinator of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force.[2]

Moore has served as the Inspector General for the Tennessee Valley Authority since 2003, when he was appointed by George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate. From May 2009 to March 2011, Moore was the chairman of the investigations committee for the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.[2]

In June 2017, Moore was announced as Donald Trump's nominee to become the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.[3] He was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces United States Attorney Candidate Nominations". The White House. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 Gray, Jeremy (June 12, 2017). "Trump nominates 3 to serve as Alabama's US Attorneys". AL.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Laporta, Jordan (June 14, 2017). "Trump nominates new U.S. Attorneys for Alabama". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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