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Hugh J. Moore
Of Counsel
Hugh Moore brings 37 years of experience to the firm’s litigation section, where he has an active trial practice focusing on business litigation, criminal law, antitrust and trade regulation and airport law.
Representative Matters
- Represented a manufacturer in the defense of more than 600 asbestos injury lawsuits
- Represented a publicly traded corporation in defense of civil and criminal antitrust charges
- Represented a national corporation in a lawsuit against its workers compensation insurer, alleging deficiencies in claims handling
- Represented defendants in white collar criminal cases
- Represented indigent defendants in death penalty cases
- Represented a class in a successful challenge to payment of benefits by a governmental entity, resulting in a substantial judgment
- Represented a manufacturer in a successful challenge to liability for prior use of a landfill for disposal of industrial waste.
Arbitrator, member, Panel of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association
Arbitrator, National Arbitration Association
Arbitrator, chair certification, FINRA
Approved Arbitrator, Federal Arbitration Program, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Mediation Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Neutral
Memberships
- Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, past Board member
- American Bar Association, past member, Editorial Board, Litigation News
- Arts and Education Council of Chattanooga, past President
- Brock-Cooper Inn American Inns of Court, Founding Master
- Chattanooga Bar Association, past member, Board of Governors; past Chair, Pro Bono Committee; past Chair, Law Day Committee
- Chattanooga Opera Association, past board member and officer
- Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, past Board member
- CJA Mentor Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- Federal Bar Association, past President, Chattanooga Chapter
- Friends of the Festival (Riverbend Festival), Board of Directors, President
- Orange Grove Center, Chairman of the Board, Immediate Past President of the Board
- Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee
- St. Nicholas School, former member and chair, Board of Directors
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Commission on the Status of Women and Minorities in the Practice of Law (former Commissioner)
- Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, Hearing Panel, past member
- Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, former Chairperson
- Tennessee Supreme Court, Rule 31 mediator
Honors
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
- Fellow, Chattanooga Bar Foundation
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1998-present (Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation)
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Civil Litigation Defense, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Merit Selection Panel, reappointment of Magistrate Judge (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee) (chair)
- Merit Selection Panel, appointment of Magistrate Judge (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)
- Commendations (two), Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Law Clerk, Hon. William E. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1969-1970
- Marquis Who’s Who in the United States
- Marquis Who’s Who in American Law
Publications
- 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, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1970.
- Mass Tort Litigation in Tennessee, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 221, 1986 (co-author with Paul Campbell III)
- Legal Notes, Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers’ Association Journal (former columnist)
