Judge
Moore graduated from Okmulgee High School, received a Bachelors
Degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma, a Juris Doctorate
from Oklahoma City University, and LL. M from Tulsa University.
He also participated in post graduate studies at the Universtiy
of Houston and is a graduate of the National Judicial College, University
of Nevada.
He is admitted to practice law before the following
courts: United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit, United States District Court Western District of
Oklahoma United States District Northern District of Oklahoma and
the United States District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma and
all Oklahoma State Courts, and Muscogee (Creek) & Cherokee Nation
Courts.
He is a member of The Moore Law Firm in Okmulgee,
and he is a past president of the Okmulgee County Bar Association.
His great-grandfather John R. Moore was Mekko of
Kvsetv Tribal town and came to Indian Territory during the removal
from Russell County Alabama and his grandfather, William N. Moore
(Roll#1099) was a member House of the Warriors until his death in
1929. He was on active duty in the United States Air Force from
September 1963 until September 1967. He served as a prosecutor in
the District Attorney's Office, Okmulgee County, for twelve years,
and he is a guest lecturer at area schools, colleges and Universities.
Judge Moore is a member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Okmulgee, Okmulgee and Morris Masonic Lodges, 32nd Scottish
Rite and Bedouin Temple, American Judicature Society, Mvskoke Bar
Association, Oklahoma Bar Association Indian Law Section, Federal
Bar Association-Indian Law Section and National American Indian
Court Judges Association.
He has served as the District Judge of the Muscogee
(Creek) Nation since March 1987, and represents the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation as a member of the Intertribal Council of the Five Civilized
Tribes. He also serves as a member of the Muscogee (Creek)
Nation Constitutional Amendment Committee, and the Codification
Committee.
The District Court Judge has served as a faculty
member and moderator on the Jurisdiction of State-Tribal-Federal
Courts Panel for Sovereignty Symposiums IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV,
XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, and participates in the Indian Law Certificate
Program at the University of Tulsa College of Law as a supervising
attorney and helped develope the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Legal Clinic,
a partnership with Tulsa University.
Chief Judge Stephanie Seymour of the United States
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals appointed Judge Moore to serve on
the State-Tribal-Federal Judicial Council of Oklahoma, and he is
the Chairman of the Council for Fiscal Year 2003. The Council meets
during the Sovereignty Symposium each year.
On January 23, 2003 the Tulsa Country Bar Association,
in connection with its Centennial Celebration, honored Judge Patrick
E. Moore as one of Tulsa's Legal Pioneers.
Chris
Azbell
Administrative Assistant
