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J. David
Moore

Position
Partner
Office
Birmingham

David Moore is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He focuses primarily on insurance coverage, commercial litigation, and professional liability.


David represents individual and corporate clients in state and federal courts throughout Alabama and Mississippi. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of complex state and federal litigation, including matters involving, insurance coverage, professional liability, commercial contracts, toxic tort, products liability, mass tort, personal injury and wrongful death, and trucking. David has handled appellate proceedings in related matters in the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh circuits.

David serves as co-leader of the firm’s insurance coverage litigation team. He regularly advises clients with respect to pre-litigation insurance coverage issues and provides effective representation in insurance-related litigation, focusing on obtaining the best possible results with the highest level of efficiency. His experience has demonstrated that even familiar litigation problems often are best solved with new strategies and he believes that a creative and proactive approach to each matter is the best — and most efficient — way to reach the client’s goals.    

Since 2013, David has served on the editorial board of the International Risk Management Institute’s CGL Reporter and Insurance Law Reporter. He regularly contributes articles and analysis to those publications concerning the latest decisions from courts across the country in various areas of insurance coverage.

Experience

  • United States v. Stricker, 524 Fed. Appx. 500 (11th Cir. 2013): Obtained summary judgment for a global chemical company, and affirmance of that judgment in the 11th Circuit, in a suit brought by the US Department of Justice seeking more than $100 million in Medicare reimbursements
  • Boone v. Health Strategies, Inc., 2007 WL 2332696 (M.D. Ala. Aug. 15, 2007): Obtained a dismissal of fraud action asserted against a financial professional by demonstrating the existence and applicability of an ERISA plan
  • Ex parte Celtic Life Ins. Co., 834 So. 2d 766 (Ala. 2002): Successfully appealed the circuit court’s refusal to compel a binding arbitration of fraud and other claims asserted against an insurance broker
  • Celtic Life Ins. Co. v. McLendon, 814 So. 2d 222 (Ala. 2001): Obtained a reversal of the trial court’s refusal to order fraud claims against an insurance broker to mandatory arbitration
  • Snyder v. Alpha Pro Tech, Inc., 153 F.3d 722, 1998 WL 469175 (4th Cir. 1998): Obtained a summary judgment on breach of contract and quantum meruit claims, and affirmance of that judgment in the 4th Circuit, in favor of a medical apparel manufacturer

Publications

  • "Golden Rules of Preparing a Business Interruption Claim," Jones Walker LLP Insurance Coverage Client Alert, September 8, 2020
  • "Beyond the Blog — COVID-19 Weekly Recap — April 19, 2020," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Prep & Recovery Client Alert, April 19, 2020
  • "State Insurance Departments Issue Rules on Policy Cancellations/Renewals During COVID-19," Jones Walker LLP Insurance Coverage Client Alert, April 17, 2020
  • "Supreme Court Provides Contours of Business Pursuits Exclusion," Insurance Law Reporter, June 27, 2018
  • "Bankruptcy by Person Causing Auto Accident Cannot Shield UM/UIM Insurer," Insurance Law Reporter, February 19, 2018
  • "Chiropractor Sued for Trademark Infringement Owed No Coverage," Insurance Law Reporter, October 26, 2017
  • "No Coverage, No Bad Faith for Hurricane Ike Claims," Insurance Law Reporter, May 5, 2017
  • "Contractual Liability Exclusion Applies Only to Claims Based on Assumption of Third-Party Liability," Insurance Law Reporter, November 16, 2016
  • "Additional Insured Entitled to Defense Regardless of Language of Indemnity Agreement," Insurance Law Reporter, August 24, 2016
  • "Tort of Reverse Bad Faith Not Recognized in Kentucky," CGL Reporter, August 26, 2015
  • "Exclusion Applies to Insured’s Alter Ego," CGL Reporter CGL Reporter, April 30, 2015
  • "Failure to Warn Not Excluded by Professional Services Exclusion," CGL Reporter, November 14, 2014
  • "Insured Must Prove Reasonableness of Settlement of Multiple Claims," CGL Reporter, April 29, 2014
  • "Rare Contractor Exclusion Too Broad to Be Enforceable," CGL Reporter CGL Reporter, November 14, 2013

Presentations

  • "What to Do When Construction Projects Go Bad," Lorman Seminar, Birmingham, Alabama, February 23, 2012
  • "Self-Insured Retentions," American Bar Association 20th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program, February 17, 2012

Memberships

Professional

  • Alabama State Bar
  • American Bar Association
    • Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • International Risk Management Institute
    • Insurance Law Reporter, Editorial Board
  • Mississippi Bar

Community

  • Boy Scout Troop 4, Volunteer
  • Cub Scout Pack 352, Former Leader
  • Vestavia Hills Soccer Club, Former Coach
Birmingham
Suite 1100
420 20th St N
Birmingham, AL 35203
D: 205.244.5287
F: 205.244.5487
Emaildmoore@joneswalker.com

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law
    JD, 1997
    Virginia Law Review, Editorial Board and Articles Review Board
  • University of Virginia
    BA, with distinction, 1994
    Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama
  • Mississippi

Court Admissions

  • US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Related Practices

  • Appellate Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage and Litigation Practice
  • Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Professional Liability
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