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Attorney Profile

Ms. Gale H. Moore

Sole Practitioner since 1998

Location: Largo, Florida
Phone: 727-584-2528
Fax: 727-584-5779
E-mail: E-mail Me

Ms. Moore graduated from St. Mary’s Episcopal High School in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1987. She attained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990.

Ms. Moore moved to Florida to attend Stetson University Law School. While studying law, she was a member of Phi Alpha Delta, a teaching assistant in the family law program of Gulf-Coast Legal Services, Inc., and a research assistant on issues relating to federal civil rights. She received her law degree and the Paul Barnard Award for Clinical Excellence in 1993.

Upon attaining her law degree, Ms. Moore became an Assistant Public Defender in Pinellas County where she tried numerous jury and bench trials representing defendants charged with traffic violations, misdemeanors, felonies, juvenile delinquency cases and those involuntarily committed under the Baker Act.

In 1998, Ms. Moore began private practice which has evolved into focused expertise on family law matters. She has completed volunteer training with the Center against Spouse Abuse and has twice earned the Clearwater Bar Foundation Award for Pro Bono Legal Assistance. Ms. Moore is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Clearwater Bar Association, and the Canakaris (Family law) Inns of Court. Additionally she has received admittance to the Florida Courts, the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Moore has been an active member of the Florida Bar serving on the following committees and sub-committees:

Continuing Legal Education Committee
Family Law Section’s Rules & Forms Committee
Family Law Section’s Support Issues Committee
Family Law Section’s Split Parenting Sub-Committee
Family Law Section’s Equitable Distribution Committee
Family Law Section’s Marital Appreciation of Non-Marital Property Sub-Committee
Family Law Section’s Transmutation by Co-Mingling Sub-Committee
Family Law Section’s Health and Wellness Committee
Family Law Section’s Rules & Forms Committee

Ms. Moore has also served on the Board of Directors for the Clearwater Bar. Ms. Moore has spent over three decades practicing law in Pinellas County and building relationships within the community.

Areas of Practice

Alimony
Child Support
Collaborative Divorce
Contempt
Custody & Visitation
Divorce
Enforcement
Family Law
Modification
Paternity
Relocation
Equitable Distribution
Parenting Plans
Separation
Marital Settlement Agreements
Mediation

Certified Legal Specialties

Family Law Mediation, Florida Supreme Court, 2009
Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by the Florida Bar

Bar Admissions

Florida, 1993
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999

Education

Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- J.D. – May, 1993
- Honors: Member of Phi Alpha Delta
- Honors: Teaching Assistant, Family law program of Gulf-Coast Legal Services, Inc
- Honors: Paul Barnard Award for Clinical Excellence, 1993
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Bachelor of Arts – May, 1990
- Major: Political Science

Representative Cases

C.P. v. State, 644 So.2d 6 (Fla 2nd DCA 1994)
Ferguson v. State, 693 So.2d 596 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1997)
State v. McGruder, 664 So.2d 1126 (Fla. 2nd DCA 1995)

Classes/Seminars

Justice Teaching Participant, Starkey Elementary, 2007 – 2010
People’s Law School Speaker, St. Petersburg College – Family Law and Collaborative Law

Honors and Awards

Florida Super Lawyers Honoree since 2020
Tampa Bay Times Best of Bay
Clearwater Bar Foundation Award for Excellence in Pro Bono, 1999
Clearwater Bar Foundation Award for Excellence in Pro Bono, 2006
Starkey Elementary Business Partner of the Year, 2007
Canakaris Inn of Court John C. Lenderman Award for Excellence in Family Law awarded to the family law attorney who demonstrates exemplary contributions to the family law profession, 2015

Professional Associations and Memberships

Clearwater Bar Association, Member
Canakaris (Family law) Inns of Court
Co-Chair of the Collaborative Section of the Clearwater Bar Association 2016-2017
Executive Director of the Canakaris Family Law Inn of Court 2017-2019
Tampa Bay Associaltion of Collaborative Professionals
Next Generation Divorce Collaborative Practice Group
International Association of Collaborative Professionals