Christopher M.
Moore
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford
University Certified Specialist in Family
Law, Bar Membership: California State Bar Judge
pro tem., 1991-present Los Angeles County Bar
Association: Court Mediator,
1989-present "The 'Qualifying Event': Avoiding Loss of
Medical
Insurance American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers, 1999 Trial
Education:
Juris Doctor, Harvard Law
School
Professional:
Board of Legal
Specialization of the State Bar of California
Certified Specialist in Estate
Planning,
Probate and Trust Law, Board of
Legal Specialization
of the State Bar of
California
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate
Counsel
Honors:
Selected as a Southern California Super
Lawyer 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, Los Angeles Magazine.
Selected as a "Best Lawyer," Los Angeles Times
West Magazine,
2008
U.S. District
Court, Central District, California
American Bar
Association
Superior Court:
Mediator, Superior Court
of California,
Los Angeles County
Bar Activities:
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,
March 1995-2000
Trusts
and Estate Law Section
Executive
Committee Member, 2000-present
Disciplinary Referee, 1973-1982
Delegate,
Star Bar Conference of Delegates,
1969-1985
South
Bay Bar Association of Los Angeles County:
President, 1985
Mediation:
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
Publications:
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 10, 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
(Spring 1990)
"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 (May
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, Fall 2006
Panelist:
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
Pro
Bono
Services: Mentor
and volunteer attorney, Harriett Buhai Center for
Family Law, Los Angeles,
1989-present
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