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.
Gordon Moore | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office August 3, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Tim Walz |
| Preceded by | David Lillehaug |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 6, 1963 |
| Education | Carleton College (BA) University of Iowa (JD) |
Early life and education
editMoore grew up in Rochester and graduated from Mayo High School.[1] He lived in Northfield and Mankato before moving to Worthington to raise a family in 1995.[2] 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.[3]
Legal career
editMoore was an associate attorney with the Worthington law office of Von Holtum, Malters & Shepherd, and served as Worthington's assistant city attorney.[4] 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.[2]
State judicial service
editOn 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.[4] He was sworn in on March 1, 2012.[5]
Appointment to Minnesota Supreme Court
editMoore 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.[2] On May 15, 2020, Walz appointed Moore to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He filled the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice David Lillehaug.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Walz Picks Worthington Judge Gordon Moore for Supreme Court". www.usnews.com. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ a b c Montemayor, Stephen (May 16, 2020). "Gov. Walz makes Worthington judge his first Minnesota Supreme Court selection". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Judge Gordon Moore". www.mncourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ a b "Gordon Moore and Terry Vajgrt Appointed to Fill Fifth Judicial District Vacancies" (Press release). January 18, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Moore sworn in as district court judge (with video)". The Globe. March 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Governor Walz Appoints Judge Gordon Moore to the Minnesota Supreme Court" (Press release). May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.