Gordon Moore (judge)
{{Short description|American judge (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Gordon Moore
|office = Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
|appointer = Tim Walz
|term_start = August 3, 2020
|term_end =
|predecessor = David Lillehaug
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|6}}
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|education = Carleton College (BA)
University of Iowa (JD)
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Gordon L. Moore III (born April 6, 1963) is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Minnesota Fifth District Court in Nobles County from 2012 to 2020.
Early life and education
Moore grew up in Rochester and graduated from Mayo High School.{{Cite web |title=Walz Picks Worthington Judge Gordon Moore for Supreme Court |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2020-05-15/walz-picks-worthington-judge-gordon-moore-for-supreme-court?context=amp |website=www.usnews.com |access-date=April 24, 2022}} He lived in Northfield and Mankato before moving to Worthington to raise a family in 1995.{{Cite web |title=Gov. Walz makes Worthington judge his first Minnesota Supreme Court selection |url=https://www.startribune.com/walz-makes-worthington-judge-his-first-state-supreme-court-selection/570504402/ |last=Montemayor |first=Stephen |date=May 16, 2020 |website=Star Tribune |access-date=May 17, 2020}} He received a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in 1985 and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1988.{{Cite web |title=Judge Gordon Moore |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/Overview/JudicialDirectory/Bio.aspx?jid=1689 |website=www.mncourts.gov |access-date=2020-05-17}}
Legal career
Moore was an associate attorney with the Worthington law office of Von Holtum, Malters & Shepherd, and served as Worthington's assistant city attorney.{{Cite press release |title=Gordon Moore and Terry Vajgrt Appointed to Fill Fifth Judicial District Vacancies |date=January 18, 2012 |url=http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/NewsAndAnnouncements/ItemDetail.aspx?id=642 |access-date=May 17, 2020}} Before becoming Nobles County attorney, he served as a special assistant and assistant attorney general under Attorney General of Minnesota Skip Humphrey and was an associate and assistant city attorney in Worthington.
State judicial service
On January 18, 2012, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Moore to the Minnesota Fifth Judicial District Court to the seat vacated by Judge Jeffrey L. Flynn, who retired. He was sworn in on March 1, 2012.{{Cite web |title=Moore sworn in as district court judge (with video) |url=https://www.dglobe.com/news/1388010-moore-sworn-district-court-judge-video |date=March 1, 2012 |website=The Globe |language=en |access-date=May 17, 2020}}
Appointment to Minnesota Supreme Court
Moore was one of four candidates considered by Governor Tim Walz, along with Court of Appeals Judges Diane Bratvold and Jeffrey Bryan, and Chief Deputy Attorney General John Keller. On May 15, 2020, Walz appointed Moore to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He filled the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice David Lillehaug.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Walz Appoints Judge Gordon Moore to the Minnesota Supreme Court |date=May 15, 2020 |url=https://mn.gov/governor/news/#/detail/appId/1/id/432205 |access-date=May 17, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mncourts.gov/About-The-Courts/Overview/JudicialDirectory/Bio.aspx?jid=1689 Minnesota Judicial Branch directory web page]
- {{Ballotpedia|Gordon_Moore|Gordon Moore}}
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