Lawyer Bio : Benjamin Allston Moore, Jr.

Benjamin Allston Moore, Jr. was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 2, 1930. Mr. Moore graduated from the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1948, and then from Princeton University in 1952. Having taken Naval ROTC at Princeton, he was commissioned an Ensign upon graduation and served for two years as a line officer aboard the USS Thomas E. Fraser (DM24). Upon his release from the United States Navy in 1954, Mr. Moore entered the University of Virginia Law School, from which he graduated in 1957. He immediately joined his father's law firm, Moore, Mouzon and McGee, which then had three lawyers. That firm merged with Buist Buist Smythe and Smythe in 1970 to form Buist Moore Smythe McGee and grew to 45 lawyers prior to its merger with Womble Carlyle. 

 

Mr. Moore's practice, until recently, has always involved litigation, focusing on maritime law. His father's firm was the successor to one which had represented ship-owners in the Port of Charleston since the late 1800's, and from the start of his practice he became involved with maritime law. The firm then and now represents every ship which sails into the Port of Charleston, due to its representation of all of the worldwide "clubs", which provide Protection and Indemnity insurance coverage to vessels. During the course of his practice, he has been active in the MLA and the IADC, as well as the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association and the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, both of which he helped found. His emphasis now is upon trusts and estates, and the handling of the affairs of elderly clients.