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Karen Nelson Moore

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995

Karen Nelson Moore , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Karen Mary Nelson Moore (née Nelson; born 1948) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her chambers are in Cleveland, Ohio.

Education

  • Radcliffe CollegeA.B., 1970
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1973

Career

Instructor, International Tax Law Program, Harvard Law School, 1972-1973; Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-74; Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975; Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-1977; Faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1977-1995; assistant professor, 1977-1980; associate professor, 1980-1982; professor of law, 1982-1995; Visiting professor, Harvard Law School, 1990-1991

Biography

Karen Mary Nelson Moore (née Nelson; born 1948) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her chambers are in Cleveland, Ohio.

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