Richard G. Moore is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Northern Virginia office. He practices in the areas of civil litigation and appellate representation. He has participated in a wide variety of commercial and other civil litigation matters in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels, and in arbitration proceedings. In a 1989 decision of the D.C. Circuit Court, his representation assisted in the establishment of government liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act for care-giver assault on dependent patients in military hospitals, despite the intentional tort exception to the Act's waiver of sovereign immunity [Bembenista v. United States, 866 F.2d 493 (D.C. Cir. 1989). At the time of his retirement from the U. S. Marine Corps in 1981, as a Brigadier General, Mr. Moore was the Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy (Military Law).
Before joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Moore was a named partner with Clary & Moore, P.C., in Fairfax, Virginia (1991-1998); Clary, Lawrence, Lickstein & Moore, P.C., in Springfield, Virginia (1983-1991); and Murray & Moore, in San Diego, California (1981-1983).
Following graduation from law school, Mr. Moore served from 1954-1981 on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, where he prosecuted or defended over 1,000 cases; sat as a trial judge; was counsel to, and for, clients before Civil Service and physical disability hearing boards; was an investigating officer for EEO and civil rights matters; conducted the military equivalent of grand jury proceedings; was the senior legal advisor to major U.S. Marine Corps commands, both overseas and in the U.S.; directed major U.S. Marine Corps Law Centers; was the deputy legal advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps; participated in the development and drafting of amendments to the Military Rules of Evidence and substantive criminal code (Uniform Code of Military Justice) for Presidential and Congressional enactment; chaired the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Ethics Committee; and supervised the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity.
In the summer of 2003, Mr. Moore served as a member of the staff for the Congressionally-mandated DoD Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Panel returned its report to the Secretary of Defense and the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on September 22, 2003.
In the community, Mr. Moore has participated in the firm's Opening Doors for Children Program since 1998, providing volunteer tutoring in reading and math at two Fairfax County elementary schools.