Walter Moore (politician)
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Walter Moore | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 66–67) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, B.A., cum laude, Public and International Affairs; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., cum laude |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | Official Website |
Walter Whitman Moore (born 1959 in Virginia[1]) is an American lawyer and political figure,[2] who was the runner-up for Mayor of Los Angeles in the city's 2009 election. An independent who alternated between political parties, he also competed in the 2005 Los Angeles mayoral election.[3][4][5][6]
Moore graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1981, with a degree in Public and International Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School. While at Princeton he was voted the "most outstanding senior in the American Whig Cliosophic Literary and Debating Society; president of the Woodrow Wilson Honorary Debate Panel; director of the on-topic program this year; Vendevelt award for most outstanding junior in his policy conference; and a David Lawrence scholarship, awarded by U.S. News & World Report, for his junior year."[7] He subsequently graduated with honors from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984, and was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He passed the California Bar in 1984,[8] and has been practicing law ever since then. Moore represents individuals, partnerships, and corporations in a wide variety of business disputes. He is also a licensed real estate broker.
Moore and his wife Judy, an international property manager, live in Pasadena and own a townhouse in the South of France. They have no children.
