Daniel A. Moore Jr.

Daniel A. Moore Jr.
Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
In office
December 10, 1983 – December 1995
Appointed byBill Sheffield
Preceded byRoger G. Connor
Succeeded byDana Fabe
Personal details
Born(1933-11-13)November 13, 1933
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Diedon or before September 27, 2022 (aged 88)
Wilsonville, Oregon, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame, the University of Denver Law School

Daniel Alton Moore Jr. (November 13, 1933 – about September 27, 2022) was a former justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska. He served from July 10, 1983, to December 31, 1995.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, after attending Cathedral High in Duluth, Minnesota, graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1955, serving for two years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and graduating from the University of Denver Law School, Moore settled in Anchorage, Alaska, where he practiced law as a defense attorney for 20 years.[1] His in-laws, the Crawford family, are an Anchorage business family spanning multiple generations.

After serving for two years as a Superior Court judge, in 1983 Moore was appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court by Governor Bill Sheffield. On September 3, 1992, Moore was elected by his fellow justices to serve as chief justice for a three-year term.[2] Moore's term ended in September 1995; the justices then chose Allen T. Compton to succeed Moore as chief justice.[3]

Moore died in September 2022, of COVID-19 complications, in Oregon, where he had moved in retirement.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kozie, Ellen (27 September 2022). "Daniel Moore, 88". Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Moore Named Chief Justice", Daily Sitka Sentinel (September 9, 1992), p. 11.
  3. ^ "Alaska's Chief Justice Retires", Daily Sitka Sentinel (September 27, 1995), p. 3.