Michael T. Moore's Full Resume
Education
- University of Florida College of Law
Gainesville, Florida
J.D. - June 1974
- University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
B.A. (Finance) 1971
Languages
- Arabic, Spanish (conversant)
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 - American 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 - American Arbitration Association (1993)
- Member - Inclusion in Who’s Who in American 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 - American 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 American Bar Foundation (1988 to present)
Member - St. Thomas University American 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
Publications
- Speaker – Legal Case Studies: A look at charters gone bad – what happened and how to achieve a solution, FYBA – Educational Charter Seminar (August 10, 2010)
- Speaker - Protect Your Yacht Investment Seminar sponsored by Merrill Lynch and Bradford International Yacht Sales
- Speaker - The Latin American 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 American 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.
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 - American 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
