Harry Truman Truman Moore

Background

Moore, Harry Truman was born on July 31, 1947 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States. Son of A. Truman and Bonnie Marie (Gibson) Moore.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Arkansas State University, 1969; Juris Doctor, U. Arkansas, Little Rock, 1975.

Career

Worked at Goodwin, Moore, Colbert & Broadaway (Paragould, Arkansas) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Trial Practice, Real Estate, Family Law, Corporation, Financial Institutions, Insurance and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Arkansas. Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Eta Sigma.

Recipient, Golden Gavel Award, Arkansas Bar Association, 1993. Member, Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board, 1988-1992. Director, 1985-1993 and Chairman, 1989-1990, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority.

Special Chief Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, Venhaus v. Adams, 1988. Member, Child Support Committee, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1987-1995. Director: Arkansas Bar Foundation, 1990—.

Arkansas IOLTA Board, 1995—. Member: Greene-Clay County (President, 1979-1980), Northeast Arkansas (President, 1985-1986), Arkansas (President, 1996-1997. Member: House of Delegates, 1979-1981, 1994—.

Executive Council, 1994—. President, Young Lawyers Section, 1981-1982. Chairman, Family Law Section, 1985-1986) and American Bar Associations.

Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. Goodwin, Moore, Colbert & Broadaway was founded in 1889 by Jefferson Davis Block. The firm is the second oldest continuing business in Greene County and one of the oldest law firms in the state.

Mr. Block participated extensively in litigation between the United States of America and landowners determining title to much of the eastern part of Greene County in its early years. Other prominent past partners of the firm were William F. Kirsch, Maurice Cathey (both of whom practiced more than 50 years) and Gerald Parker Brown. Mr. Cathey served as President of the Arkansas Bar Association and, as a probate specialist, helped write the Probate Code of 1949.

Mr. Brown, a Marine veteran of World War II and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Arkansas, left the firm in 1975 for the bench and was honored in 1979 as Trial Judge of the Year by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Moore is the immediate past president of the Arkansas Bar Association. The firm supports and participates in various community and civic affairs and its members are active in local and state bar associations.

Achievements

• Bar: Arkansas 1975, United States District Court (eastern district) Arkansas 1976, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 1981.

Membership

Treasurer Arkansas Democratic Party, Little Rock, 1987-1988. Chairman Arkansas Science & Technology, Little Rock, 1990-1991. Member American Bar Association (house delegations since 1997), Arkansas Bar Association (president 1996-1997, 5 Best CLESpkr. awards, Golden Gavel award 1993), Arkansas Bar Foundation (board directors since 1981).

Interests

• Avocations: music, sports, politics.

Connections

Married Linda Lou Lipscomb, July 31, 1971.

Father:

A. Truman Moore

Mother:

Bonnie Marie (Gibson) Moore

Spouse:

Linda Lou Lipscomb