Background
Moore, Junior, Hugh J. was born on June 29, 1944 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
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Hugh J. Moore Jr.
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Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1969).
Career
United States vs. State of Georgia, 466 F2d 487 (5th Cir. 1972); United States vs Jones, 542 F.2d 661 (6th Cir. 1976); Coleman vs General Electric Company, 643 F.Supp. 1229 (E.D. Tenn. 1986); Rounsaville vs. Evatt, 733 S.W. 2d 506 (Tenn. 1987); Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Cleveland Mall Associates, 841 F.Supp. 815 (E.D. Tenn. 1993); Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. v. McCoy, 995 F.2d 649 (6th Cir. 1993), 853 F. Supp. 1023 (E.D. Tenn. 1994), Fed. Secretary L. Rep (CCH) (TPAA, 002) (1995); Textron, Inc. v. Dixie Yams, Inc., et al., 903 F.Supp. 1558 (W.D.N.C. 1995).Worked at Witt, Gaither & Whitaker, P.C. (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Corporate Practice, Trials in all State and Federal Courts, Corporation, Trust, Banking, Real Estate, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Estate Planning, Tax, Labor and Labor Relations, Employment Discrimination, Products Liability, Insurance, Trucks and Trucking, Antitrust, Securities and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Tennessee. 1973, United States. Supreme Court.
Trustee, 1984-1989 and Chairman, 1986-1988, St. Nicholas School. Author: "A Newspaper's Risks in Reporting Facts from Presumably Reliable Sources: The Study in the Practical Application of the Right of Privacy," South Carolina Law Review, Volume 22, No. 1, 1970. Co-Author: "Mass Tort Litigation in Tennessee," 53 Tenn.
L. Rev. 221, 1986. Law Clerk, Honorable William E. Miller, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1969-1970. Trial Attorney, United States.
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Education Section, Washington, D.C., 1970-1973. Assistant United States. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1973-1976.
Member, Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure. Commissioner, Tennessee Bar Association Commission on Women and Minorities in the Profession. Member, Hearing Committee, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility.
Certified Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange. Member, Mediation Panel, United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Member: Chattanooga (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1987), Tennessee, Federal and American (Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections.
Associate Editor, Litigation News, 1983-1990) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Chattanooga Bar Foundation. Witt, Gaither & Whitaker was founded in 1921. In 1991, the firm merged with Hutcheson, Pinchak, Powers & Disheroon, the city's preeminent management labor relations law firm.
Historically, the firm has engaged in a diverse business practice, including general corporate legal representation and litigation. The firm is general or special counsel to a wide variety of businesses both in the State of Tennessee and across the nation, and its clients include publicly-held corporations whose securities are listed on national securities exchanges, privately-held companies, partnerships, estates, trusts, retirement plans, banks, savings and loans institutions, public agencies, a number of charitable private foundations and many individuals. The diverse background and experience of the attorneys enable the firm to provide a broad range of services and advice to its clients, ranging from corporate and personal tax planning through mergers, acquisitions, employee relations matters, and general business representation to litigation of complex disputes, both civil and criminal, in all courts.
Membership
Member, Tennessee Supreme Court Advisory Commission on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure. Commissioner, Tennessee Bar Association Commission on Women and Minorities in the Profession. Member, Hearing Committee, Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility.
Certified Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange. Member, Mediation Panel, United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Member: Chattanooga (Member, Board of Governors, 1985-1987), Tennessee, Federal and American (Member, Litigation and Antitrust Sections.
Associate Editor, Litigation News, 1983-1990) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Chattanooga Bar Foundation.
