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Hugh J. Moore
Of Counsel
Hugh Moore is a member of 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.
In 2011, Mr. Moore was honored with a resolution from the Tennessee Supreme Court, thanking him for 15 years of work on the Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure Committee and for his 10 years of service as chair of this committee.
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 Forum
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
- CJA Mentor Panel, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- American Bar Association, past Editorial Board, Litigation News
- Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Board
- American Inns of Court, Brock-Cooper Chapter, Founding Master
- Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, Hearing Panel, past Member
- Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure, former Chairperson
- Tennessee Bar Commission on the Status of Women and Minorities in the Practice of Law, former Commissioner
- Chattanooga Bar Association, past member, Board of Governors; past Chair, Pro Bono Committee; past Chair, Law Day Committee
- Federal Bar Association, past President, Chattanooga Chapter
- Colombia Caravana Internacional de Juristas, 2010
- Friends of the Festival (Riverbend Festival), Board of Directors, President
- Orange Grove Center, former Board member, past Chairman, past President
- Arts and Education Council of Chattanooga, past President
- Chattanooga Opera Association, past Board Member and Officer
- Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, past Board member
- Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga, past Board member
- Commissioner, City of Ridgeside, Tennessee
- Rotary Club of Chattanooga
- St. Nicholas School, past Board of Directors
Honors
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Civil Litigation Defense
- The Best Lawyers in America, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Municipal Litigation
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, American, Chattanooga and Tennessee Bar Foundations
- Merit Selection Panel, Reappointment of Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, Chair
- Merit Selection Panel, appointment of Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
- Commendations, Clarence M. Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Marquis Who’s Who in the United States
- Marquis Who’s Who in American Law
- Law Clerk to Honorable William E. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1969-1970
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)
