Professional Profiles: Full Resume

Michael T. Moore

CURRENT BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

• State of Florida
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals - Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals - Eleventh Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• Member - Board of Directors - The Boggy Creek Gang (1997)
• Member - Board of Directors - YMCA of Greater Miami (1996 to present)
• Member - Admiralty and Maritime Law Certification Committee (1995 to present)
• Member - Board of Trustees - Alpha Tau Omega University of Miami Chapter (1995 to present)
• Member - Board of Directors - Coast Guard Foundation (1996-1998)
• Member - Board of Directors - The Marine Council (1995-1996)
• Member - Orange Bowl Committee (1995 to present)
• Member - Board of the United Way of Greater Miami (1995-1996)
• Chairman - Alexis De Tocqueville Society (1995)
• Member - Bal de la Mer (Miami R.A.R.E.) (1995 to present)
• Member - Board of Directors Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association (1995 to present)
• Member - Advisory Board - MAST Academy (1993 to present)
• Member - Board of Advisors - The Maritime Personal Injury
  Reporter (1987 to present)
• Fellow - AmErinan Bar Association Foundation (1987 to
  present)
• Member - Board of Directors - Maritime Arbitration
  Board, Inc. (1985 to present)
• Chairman - Admiralty Law Committee - Florida Bar Association
  (Member 1980 to present; elected Chairman - 1989)
• Member - Propeller Club of the United States (1980 to
  present)
• Member - Board of Trustees - St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School (1994-1995)
• Co-Chair - Seaport Committee - Metro-Miami Marketplace:
  Destination 2001 (1993-1994)
• Panelist - AmErinan Arbitration Association (1993)
• Member - Inclusion in Who’s Who in AmErinan Law; Marquis Who’s Who (1991)
• Member - Inclusion in Who’s Who in the Law; South Florida Business Journal (1991)
• Director - Southeast Admiralty Law Institute (elected 1989 -
  two year term)
• Member - National Marine Bankers’ Association (1987 to
  present)
• Member - Marine Council (1980 to present)
• Member - AmErinan Bar Association - International Law Section (1976 to present)
• Member - The Maritime Law Association of the United States
  (1976 to present)
• Member - Florida Bar Association - Operation Stand-By Program (1980 to present)
• Member - Dade County Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section
• Member - Dade County Bar Association - Public Interest Law Bank
• Member - The Maritime Law Association of the United States
  Committee on Navigation and Coast Guard Matters
  (appointed September, 1988)
• Fellow - The AmErinan Bar Foundation (1988 to present)
  Member - St. Thomas University AmErinan Inns of Court (1988)
• Trustee - Miami Book Fair International
  (Board of Directors 1987; elected President 1989)
• Chairman - Meeting and Programs Committee, The Marine
  Council (1985)
• Founder and Editor-in-Chief - Southern District Digest (1980-1982)
• Member - The Maritime Associates - Member - Board of Directors New York, New York (1976 - 1977)

PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

• “AV” Rated - Martindale & Hubbell
• Dade County Bar Association - Chairman, Meetings and Programs Committee, 1994-95
• Dade County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section -
  Chairman, Meetings and Programs Committee, 1984-85
• Dade County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section -
  Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1981-82
• Dade County Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section -
  Member, Board of Directors - 1981-82

OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

• President, Admirals of the Fleet of Florida
• Chairman, Board of Directors, U.S. Coast Guard Foundation (7th District)
• Member by Gubernatorial Appointment - Miami River Water
  Quality Commission
• Member--Board of Governors - U.S. Sailing Center, Inc. (1986-1996)
• Member--Miami River Coordinating Committee (1987-1989)
  United Way Pillar (1986 – Present)
• Chancellor, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

EDUCATION:

University of Florida
College of Law
Gainesville, Florida
J.D. - June 1974

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
B.A. (Finance) 1971

PUBLICATIONS:

• Speaker - Protect Your Yacht Investment Seminar sponsored by Merrill Lynch and Bradford International Yacht Sales
• Speaker - The Latin AmErinan Aviation Conference 1995 organized by SH&E (November 2, 1995)
• Speaker - “Two-Tier - Double Dip, Alps and Peppercorn Leases Plus Other Power Structures in the Aviation Industry” presented at the SH&E/Airline Business “Growth Opportunity Expansion” The Latin AmErinan Aviation Conference ‘95 on November 2, 1995 in Miami, Florida.
• Speaker - “Living Free in an Unfree World: Your Yacht, It’s Flag — The Ultimate Tax Haven” presented at the Bradford International/Merrill Lynch Seminar on October 28, 1995 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
• Report - “Rights and Responsibilities of Salvors or Doing the Right Thing on the High Seas for Fun and Profit”, Marine Council of Florida Seminar, April 1993.
• Article - “The Endangered Sea Turtle - Metaphor for Modern Man,” The Miami Review, March 12, 1990.
• Report - “Matters and Cases Affecting the Cruise Industry”, The Florida Bar CLE Program, Seatrade Conference, March 20, 1989.
• Article - “The Miami River - We Don’t Need No Education ...”The Florida Shipper, April 1987.
• Article - “If It Floats Should I Lend Against It?” - Florida Bar Association - Admiralty Law Seminar, May 1986.
• Article - “What the General Practitioner should know about Maritime Law.”; Florida Bar Association General PracticeNewsletter, February 1985.
• Report - “1979 - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Maritime Law Project” - Initial Report to His Excellency Fayez Badr, President and Chairman of the Board, Saudi Arabian Ports Authority - Author of chapters on the arrest of seagoing vessels, oil pollution and contracts for the carriage of goods by sea. (Saudi Arabia - 1978 - 1979).
• Article - “The Commercial Law of the Land is Gradually Becoming Clear”, Saudi Business, September 1979 (Interview Format).
• Article - “An Analysis of Recent Proposals to Change the Laws Affecting Relationships between Foreign and Local Architectural and Engineering Firms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Middle East Executive Reports, May 1980.
• Article - “Local Laws and How They Affect Expatriates Working in Middle Eastern Countries”, Middle East Economic Digest, June 1981 (Co-author John S. Rogers, Esq.).
• Article - “Arbitration Under the Saudi Legal System”, Middle East Executive Reports, February 1981 (Co-author Leslie J. Lott, Esq.).
• Article - “Turtles - Metaphor for Endangered Man”, The Miami Review, March 12, 1990.
• Speaker - “Matters and Cases Affecting the Cruise Industry”, The Florida Bar CLE Program Sea Trade Conference, March 20, 1989.
• Speaker - "Always Stand on Ceremony: The Importance of Corporate Formalities in Yacht Transactions," Florida Yacht Brokers Association, "Yacht Sales and the Law," October 4, 2000.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Appointed, Special Master to Circuit Judge Leonard Rivkind, case of CASARES v. CASARES, 1987 said by The Miami Herald to be the largest marital estate in a contested dissolution of marriage proceeding in Dade County history.
• Expert Witness - Arbitration between Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. and Texas Coastal and International, Inc., London, May 12 - 16, 1986 - testified for Mobil on various issues of United States law.
• Expert Witness - Coastal Fuels, Inc. v. Florida Express Corporation, (S.D. Fla. 1997) Judge Frank I. Lynch. Retained by Coastal in connection with claims arising out of the loss by fire of M/T FLORIDA EXPRESS.

LANGUAGES:

• Arabic, Spanish (conversant)

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF LAW ACTIVITIES:

• Chief Defense Counsel - University of Florida Honor Court
• Chairman, Student Legal-Aid Committee
• Member - Honor Court Bar Association
• Staff Writer - VERDICT, Law School Newspaper
• Chairman - Committee for Better Student-Faculty Relations
• Member - Law Student Division - AmErinan Bar Association
• Member - John Marshall Bar Association - Legal Service Fraternity
• Member - Phi Delta Phi - Legal Social Fraternity

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ACTIVITIES:

• Men’s Interhall Council
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Treasurer
  • Co-Author: University of Florida Interhall Council
    Constitution
• Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Chairman, Rush Committee
  • Member, Pledge Committee
• Graham Area Council
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Treasurer
• Chairman, Physical Improvements Committee
• Gator Growl - Director - Homecoming - 1968
• Chairman, Food Inquiry Board (Investigated Food Services on University of Florida Campus)
• Presidential Advisory Council (one of twelve student advisors to the President of the University)
• Homecoming Advisory Committee, Member
• Committee on Student Housing, Member
• Civil Defense Committee, Member

HONORS AND HONORARIES:

• University of Florida Hall of Fame
• Who’s Who in AmErinan Colleges and Universities
• Florida Blue Key
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• National Society of Scabbard & Blade
• Distinguished Military Graduate Award
• Distinguished Military Student Award
• Thomas Arkle Clark Award - ATO Fraternity
• William L. Fleming Scholarship - University of Florida
• State of Florida AmErinan Legion Award
• Outstanding Member of the Graham Area Council
• John Marshall Bar Association “Certificate of Appreciation”
• Honor Court Bar Association “Certificate of Appreciation”

MILITARY:

• 1st Lieutenant, United States Army Medical Service Corps
  • Active Duty Requirement Fulfilled
  • Honorable Discharge

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES:

• U.S. Coast Guard Foundation Board of Trustees
• New York Jazz Museum – Former Member of Board of Directors and Legal Counsel - All assets acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.
• Member - Historical Association of South Florida
• Member - Florida Maritime Museum - The Polaris Society

MARITAL STATUS:

• Married, two children.

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