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Thurston R. Moore
Partner
Business Practice Group

Richmond
(804) 788-8295 Phone
(804) 788-8218 Fax

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Practices
Corporate &
  Securities Law

Corporate Governance
  and Compliance


Thurston R. Moore

Chairman of the firm's Executive Committee; Managing Partner of the firm from 1991-2006. Practice focuses primarily on corporate and securities representation with emphasis on corporate financing and governance, venture capital, real estate investment trusts and partnership law.

Relevant Experience
  • Principal outside counsel for multinational leaf tobacco processing company, New York Stock Exchange banking and brokerage investment firm, Mid-Atlantic venture capital firm and national real estate developer.
  • Represented major governmental retirement systems in over $700 million in private equity investments.
  • Represented multinational, New York stock exchange-listed company in acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures throughout Europe, Asia and South America.
  • Represented telecommunications manufacturer and services company in offshore manufacturing, domestic and international distribution and acquisition and disposition of manufacturing, distribution and engineering facilities.
Additional Experience
  • President and Trustee, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Trustee, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Trustee, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges; Trustee, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundation; President and Trustee, Mary Morton Parsons Foundation; Director and Member of Executive Committee, Renaissance Partners Incorporated (Venture Richmond); Director, CenterStage Foundation; Board of Governors, St. Christopher's School; Former Chair and Member, Board of Trustees, The Nature Conservancy of Virginia (1992-2009); Director and Former President, The Metropolitan Business Foundation, 1995-2001; Treasurer and Director, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 1995-97; Board Member, St. Catherine's School, 1999-2005
Membership
  • Member, Virginia State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association
  • Chairman, Committee on Partnerships and Unincorporated Business Organizations of the Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 1992–96
  • Member of Council, Business Law Section, American Bar Association (1999-2003)
  • Member of Council and Chairman, Business Law Section of Virginia Bar Association, 1985–90
  • Advisor to Special Committee on Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the National Conference on Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1985
  • Former Director, EXECUTONE Information Systems, Inc.
  • Former Director, ISOETEC Communications, Inc.
Awards and Professional Recognition
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
  • Listed in Who's Who in America
  • Listed in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business for corporate law in Virginia, 2003-08
Education
  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1974
  • B.A., University of Virginia, English, with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Raven Society, Echols Scholar, 1968






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