Michael T. Moore is an American attorney. He is the President of Moore and Company, located in Coral Gables, Florida. The company specializes and practices maritime law, art law, and aviation law

Aviation law

Aviation law is the branch of law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns. Some of its area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of international law due to the nature of air travel. However, the...

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Education/Military Service/Renaissance Man

Michael T. Moore attended the University of Florida

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

 in Gainesville, Florida and earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Finance in 1970. He received his J.D. from University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1974. Michael T. Moore is also trilingual, speaking English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Arabic, and Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. Moore served as 1st Lieutenant of the United States Army Medical Department

Army Medical Department (United States)

The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army – known as the AMEDD – comprises the Army's six medical Special Branches of officers and medical enlisted soldiers. It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the...

. Moore fulfilled his active duty commitment and received an honorable discharge.

Career

Michael T. Moore has worked in the field of maritime and aviation law for more than 30 years. His interest in maritime law originated from his summers, “waiting tables in Cape Cod” before law school. Fortunately, Moore’s opportunity in the maritime field began from merely mentioning his “goal of being a maritime lawyer” to Herbert Mayhew Lord in Cape Cod. Fortunately, Herbert Mayhew Lord’s father was part of the Burlingham, Underwood, and Lord firm, whose past clients included the owners of the RMS Titanic. Through Herbert M. Lord, Moore landed his first job as an associate with Messrs, Burlingham, Underwood and Lord, working in New York City

New York City

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 and Jeddah

Jeddah

Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...

, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

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During Moore's stint in Saudi Arabia, he and his wife, Leslie Lott, worked on "foreign investment-related matters." In 1980, Moore joined Holland and Knight in Miami. During his partnership with Holland and Knight, Moore was the head chair of the Marine and Aviation Practice. In 2004, Moore established his own firm, Moore and Company, P.A. He is a specialist in new construction, purchases, sales, registration, regulation and tax issues to complex litigation, appellate work and international arbitration

Arbitration

Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution , is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons , by whose decision they agree to be bound...

 on products such as mega-yachts and private jets. His clients include Donald Trump

Donald Trump

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, Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

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and Faisel Al Matrook.

Awards and Distinctions

Moore's legal career has established him as one of the pre-eminent attorneys currently practicing in Florida. In 2008, Moore was chosen as a Florida Super Lawyer by Law and Politics magazine (as well as in 2007 and 2006). In the same year, Moore was also voted one of the Best Lawyers in America which is the oldest lawyer-rating publication in the U.S. Moore has been recognized as a Top Lawyer in South Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide. The South Florida Legal Guide also bestowed this distinction on Moore in 2005.
In 2009, he was again selected as one of the Elite Florida Lawyers by Florida Trend Magazine. Also, he is a member of Who’s Who In American Law, member of the American Bar Association and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The AV-Rated is the “highest rating given to practicing attorneys”.

Currently, Moore is the current the Chairman of the International Seakeepers Society and the President of the Admiral Fleet of Florida.