Kimberly Ann Moore
| Kimberly Moore | |
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| Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
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| Assumed office September 8, 2006 |
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| Nominated by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Raymond Clevenger |
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| Born | June 15, 1968 Halethorpe, Maryland, United States |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Georgetown University |
Kimberly Ann Moore (née Pace; born 1968 in Halethorpe, Maryland) is an American federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit who was confirmed on September 5, 2006. She is the second judge appointed by United States President George W. Bush to the Federal Circuit, and is currently the youngest federal appellate judge in the nation.
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[edit] Education and Experience
From 1988 to 1992, Moore was employed in electrical engineering with the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Moore received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990 and a Master of Science in 1991, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She received her J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. She worked in private practice as an associate with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis in Los Angeles, California from 1994-1995, and then clerked for Federal Circuit Judge Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. from 1995-1997. She returned to private practice from 2000-2003 at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
Moore taught at the Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1997-1999 and at the University of Maryland School of Law from 1999-2000. She subsequently taught at the George Mason University School of Law first as an Associate Professor from 2000-2004, and then as a Professor of Law from 2004 until her appointment. Prior to her appointment, Moore also served as a mediator for the Federal Circuit Appellate Mediation Pilot Program. She also served as a lecturer for the BarBri Patent Bar Review, a review program for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registration examination.
[edit] Nomination and Confirmation
Moore was nominated to the Federal Circuit by President George W. Bush on May 18, 2006 to fill a seat vacated by Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III, who assumed senior status. The U.S. Senate confirmed Moore's nomination on September 5, 2006 by a vote of 92-0.[1] She received her commission on September 8, 2006.
[edit] Publications
Moore authored Patent Litigation and Strategy with Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel, Raphael V. Lupo (1st and 2nd editions), and Professor Timothy R. Holbrook of Emory Law School (3d ed.).[2] She was also editor-in-chief of the Federal Circuit Bar Journal.
[edit] Personal
Moore is a big fan of the Washington Redskins. She has four children with her husband Matt, who is a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP. Moore is a Catholic, and attends the same church as Justice Antonin Scalia. She has chambers in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building in Washington, D.C.
[edit] References
- ^ [[United States Senate]], U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session. Vote Summary. Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Kimberly Ann Moore, of Virginia, to be U.S. CircuitJudge). Retrieved on September 12, 2006.
- ^ "Moore, Michel, and Holbrook's Patent Litigation and Strategy, 3d". West. Thomson Reuters. http://west.thomson.com/productdetail/143731/15564484/productdetail.aspx. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
[edit] Sources
- Kimberly Ann Moore at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Raymond Clevenger |
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2006–present |
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