Eileen C. Moore, Associate Justice
Associate Justice Eileen C. Moore graduated cum
laude from University of California Irvine in 1975 with a Bachelor
of Arts degree, and she received her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine
University School of Law in 1978. In May 2004, she graduated from
the University of Virginia with a Master of Laws in the Judicial
Process. Justice Moore was admitted to the California State Bar in
1978 and to the United States District Court, Central District of
California, in 1984.
Justice Moore was appointed to the Superior Court of California,
County of Orange in 1989 by Governor George Deukmejian and to the
Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three in 2000 by Governor
Gray Davis.
She has lectured extensively at education programs for lawyers
and judges, and, in 1990, she was a lecturer of business law at the
University of California Irvine, Graduate School of Management.
Justice Moore is a current author for Bancroft Whitney's California
Civil Practice series, and she has published numerous articles on a
variety of legal issues.
In 1992 Justice Moore was honored as a Distinguished Alumni of
the Year by University of California Irvine, in 1993 as Alumnus of
the Year by Pepperdine University School of Law, in 1993 as Trial
Judge of the Year by Orange County Women Lawyers, in 1999 by the
Orange County chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates with its
annual Judicial Civility Award, and in 2000 as Trial Judge of the
Year by Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
From 1996 to 2000 Justice Moore chaired the Orange County Family
Violence Council, leading the community in its response to domestic
violence. For her efforts in this area, Justice Moore was twice
honored by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Justice Moore spent her nonjudicial legal career in private
practice in Newport Beach. From 1965 until 1972 she practiced as a
registered nurse, including service as a combat nurse in Vietnam.
She is a member of Vietnam Veterans of America.
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