Karen Nelson Moore

Karen Mary Nelson Moore (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

Moore received her Artium Baccalaureus from Radcliffe College in 1970, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. She received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, also magna cum laude, in 1973. During her time at Harvard, Moore served as an editor for the Harvard Law Review, during which time she was the Law Review's only female member. Moore also served as an instructor for the International Tax Law Program at Harvard Law School from 1972 to 1973.

From 1975 to 1977, Moore was an associate at Jones Day in Cleveland. From 1977 to 1995, she was a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University Law School. Most recently, Moore served a six-year term for Harvard's Board of Overseers, and was elected to serve as the President of the Overseers during the 2015–16 academic year.

Federal judicial service

On January 24, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Moore to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Robert B. Krupansky. On March 24, 1995, the United States Senate confirmed her by voice vote, and she received her commission the same day. She was also considered a contender for nomination to the United States Supreme Court in the early 2000s.

Selected publications

Moore, K.N. (1978). "Procedural Due Process in Quasi in Rem Actions After Shaffer v. Heitner." William & Mary Law Review. 20: 157–234. Moore, K.N. (1981). "Collateral Attack on Subject Matter Jurisdiction: A Critique of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments." Cornell Law Review. 66: 534–592. Moore, K.N. (1984). "Appellate Review of Judicial Disqualification Decisions in the Federal Courts." Hastings Law Journal. 35: 829–868. Moore, K.N. (1988). "The Foreign Tax Credit for Foreign Taxes Paid in Lieu of Income Taxes: An Evaluation of the Rationale and a Reform Proposal." American Journal on Tax Policy. 7: 207–248. Moore, K.N. (1989). "The Sham Transaction Doctrine: An Outmoded and Unnecessary Approach to Combating Tax Avoidance." Florida Law Review. 41: 659–719. Moore, K.N. (1998). "Justice Harry A. Blackmun: A Model Judge." Constitutional Law Quarterly. 26: 5–10. Moore, K.N. (1992). "The Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute: An Important But Controversial Supplement to Federal Jurisdiction." Emory Law Journal. 41: 31–68. Moore, K.N. (1993) "The Supreme Court's Role in Interpreting the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." Hastings Law Journal. 44: 1039–1109. Moore, K.N. (2013). "Aliens and the Constitution." New York University Law Review. 88: 801–877. Moore, K.N. (2017). "Justice Blackmun and Preclusion in the State-Federal Context." Dickinson Law Review. 122: 311–331.