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Christopher M. Moore
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Education: |
Bachelor of Arts,
Stanford University
Juris Doctor, Harvard
Law School |
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Professional: |
Certified Specialist in
Family Law,
The State Bar of
California Board of
Legal
Specialization
Certified Specialist in
Estate Planning,
Trust and
Probate Law,
The State Bar of
California
Board of
Legal Specialization
Fellow, American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers
Fellow, American College
of Trust and Estate
Counsel
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Honors:
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Selected
as a Southern California
Super Lawyer
2004-2011, Los
Angeles Magazine.
Selected
as a "Best Lawyer,"
Los Angeles Times
Magazine, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011
AV Rated by Martindale
Hubbell |
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Bar Membership: |
California State Bar
U.S. District Court,
Central District,
California |
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Superior
Court: |
Judge pro tem.,
1991-present
Mediator, Superior Court
of California,
Los Angeles County
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Bar
Activities: |
Los
Angeles County Bar
Association:
Member, Board of
Trustees, 1990-1992
Family Law Section
Executive Committee
Member, 1989-1996
Arbitrator, Fee
Arbitration Committee,
1982-present
State Bar of California:
Family Law Section
Executive Committee,
1995-2000
Trusts and Estate Law
Section Executive
Committee
Member, 2000-2006
Disciplinary Referee,
1973-1982
Delegate, Star Bar
Conference of Delegates,
1969-
1985
South Bay Bar
Association of Los
Angeles County:
President, 1985
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Mediation: |
Court
Mediator, 1989-present
Mediator, Family Law
Section Mediation
Program
1989-present
American Bar Association
Family Mediation
Institute, Stanford Law School,
July 1989
Superior Court Probate
and Trust mediation
panel
member,
1996-present |
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Publications: |
The
'Qualifying Event':
Avoiding Loss of Medical
Insurance and COBRA Rights
During Dissolution
Proceedings,
Family Law News,
State Bar of
California
(Spring 1989)
All in the Family:
Specialized Discovery
Rules for
Family Law Cases, 3
California Litigation
No. 1,
at page
33, State
Bar of California (September
1989)
Penalty-Free
Distributions from
Retirement Plans
Before Age 591/2:
A Window of
Opportunity,
Family Law News
& Review, Los
Angeles County
Bar
Association (Spring
1990)
Carlson: Are We Asking
the Right Question?
Family Law News & Review,
Los Angeles County
Bar
Association (Winter 1993)
Selected Estate
Planning Issues for
Family
Lawyers, Family Law News,
State Bar of
California
Family Law Section (Winter 1996)
Transmutation of
Separate Property to
Community
Property: Family Code Section
2640 Lays a Trap
for the
Unwary
California Trusts and
Estates
Quarterly,
State Bar of California (Summer
1999)
So Your Client
is Getting a Divorce:
Selected
Family Law Issues for Estate
Planning Lawyers,
California
Trusts & Estates
Quarterly,
California
State
Bar Journal (Spring 2001)
Your Client is Getting
a Divorce: Selected
Family
Law Issues for
Estate Planning
Lawyers, UCLA
Estate
Planning Institute, (May
2004)
California's Recent
Experience with
Premarital
Agreements: A
Practice Guide for the
Future,
California
Trusts and Estates
Quarterly, State Bar
of
California, (Spring 2007)
Bring Back Divorce: A
Modest (but Serious)
Proposal
to the Legislature,
Family Law News,
State Bar of
California (December
2010)
Crossover Issues
in Estate Planning &
Family Law,
(Chapter 4), California
Continuing Education of
the Bar. |
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Panelist: |
American
Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers, 1999
Trial Advocacy Institute,
"Evidentiary Issues and
Problems Involving
Transmutation" (January
1999)
American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers
Trial
Advocacy Institute "Security
for Support in Case of
Death" (January 2000)
Los Angeles County Bar
Association 18th
Annual
Child Custody Colloquium,
"Custody Litigation
Alternatives and Cost Control" (January
1996)
Continuing Education of
the Bar, "The Family
Lawyer and Ethics: Avoiding
Discipline and
Malpractice" (January
1995)
"Estate Planning for the
Migrating Client," ACTEC
Western Regional Meeting,
(September 2000),
Portland, Oregon
State Bar of California,
Marital Property
Planning
Symposium, "What Family Lawyers
Need to
Know about
Trusts & Estates Law, and Vice
Versa"
(July 2001)
U.S.C. Probate & Trust
Conference, "What Trusts
and Estates Lawyers Need to Know
about Family
Law"
(November 2001)
"Fiduciary Duty: An
Underused Remedy?"
American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
9th Annual Trial
Advocacy Institute (January 2002)
"What Family Law
Attorneys Need to Know
about
Trusts & Etates
Law," State Bar of
California,
Anaheim
(September 2003)
"Your Client is Getting
a Divorce: Selected
Family
Law Issues for
Trust & Estate Lawyers,"
UCLA
Estate Planning
Institute, (May 2004)
"When Death Meets
Divorce: What Trusts &
Estates
Lawyers Need to
Know About Family Law,"
State
Bar Annual
Meeting, Monterey,
October 2004
"Significant Crossover
Issues," Los Angeles
County
Bar Association
Family Law Symposium,
May
2005
"The Accountant's Role
When a Tracing is
Required," California
CPA Education
Foundation,
San
Francisco and Universal
City, July 2005
"California's Recent
Experience with
Premarital
Agreements: A
Practice Guide for the
Future?"
American
College of Trust &
Estate Counsel,
Maui,
March 2006
"Insurance Issues in the
Family Law Case," AAML
Institute of Trial
Advocacy, January 2007
"Cost Effective High
Tech and Low Tech Trial
Preparation Using
Technology," AAML Trial
Advocacy Institute,
Santa Monica, January
2008
“Where
Death Meets Divorce: The
Estates and Trusts
Issue
that Intersect at the
Family Law Trial,” AAML
Trial Advocacy
Institute, Newport
Beach,
January 2010
“The Ins and Outs of
Premarital Agreements,
and
Transmutation
of Separate Property to
Community
Property: A Trap for
the Unwary,” Southern
California
Tax
and Estate Planning
Forum, San Diego,
October 2010
“What CPAs Need to Know
About Trust & Estate
Law,”
California CPA Society,
Oakland, December 2010 |
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Pro Bono
Services: |
Mentor and volunteer
attorney, Harriett Buhai
Center
for Family Law, Los
Angeles, 1989-present |
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