Karen Nelson Moore

Professional career

• Moore clerked for Judge Malcolm Wilkey of the D.C. Circuit (1973–74) and for Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court (1974–75), being the first woman to clerk for Blackmun. She then worked in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio (1975–77), and joined Case Western Reserve University School of Law as faculty in 1977, becoming its first tenured female professor and the first to hold an endowed chair. She later held the role of a visiting professor at Harvard Law School (1990–91) and held leadership roles in the Harvard Alumni Association.
• Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-74
• Faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1977-1995; assistant professor, 1977-1980; associate professor, 1980-1982; professor of law, 1982-1995
• Professional Career: Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-1977
• Professional Career: Visiting professor, Harvard Law School, 1990-1991
• Visiting professor, Harvard Law School, 1990-present
• professor of law, 1982-1995
• associate professor, 1980-1982
• assistant professor, 1977-1980
• Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975-1977
• Law clerk, Hon. Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
• Law clerk, Hon. Malcolm Wilkey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-0074
• Instructor, International Tax Law Program, Harvard Law School, 1972-1973

Judicial service

• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1995-present
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Karen Nelson Moore is an American federal judge serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on March 24, 1995.
• On January 24, 1995, President Clinton nominated Moore to the Sixth Circuit, replacing Robert B. Krupansky. The Senate confirmed her by voice vote on March 24, 1995, and she received her commission that same day. The American Bar Association rated her “Substantial Majority Qualified” and “Minority Well Qualified”.

Education

• Harvard University · J.D., 1973
• Radcliffe College · A.B., 1970

Personal record

Born 1948 · Washington, DC