Kenneth C. Moore is chair of the Squire Patton Boggs Ethics Committee. For more than 20 years he has spent a substantial proportion of his time in the field of professional ethics, advising clients – including other law firms − on legal ethics and governance issues and counseling our lawyers around the globe.

Ken has practiced law in the field of professional ethics in a national and international context during the last twenty-plus years of his career. For more than 50 years, Ken has practiced in the fields of environmental law and commercial litigation, starting with the conclusion of his clerkship for US Circuit Judge Harrison L. Winter on the Fourth Circuit. Ken has handled trial and appellate cases in federal and state courts. His environmental practice has encompassed counseling, litigation and the negotiation and drafting of extensive consent orders. He has appeared before state environmental authorities and the US Environmental Protection Agency in a variety of administrative proceedings.

Ken has been named in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law and The Best Lawyers in America (over 35 years). Ken is a member of the American, Ohio State, Cleveland Metropolitan and Federal Bar Associations. He is past chair of the Hiram College Board of Trustees and the past chair of the Board of Trustees of Laurel School, and currently a trustee emeritus at both institutions.

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Education

  • Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law Review, 1973
  • Hiram College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1969

Admissions

  • Ohio, 1973
  • District of Columbia, 1975

Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Ct. of App., Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Ct. of App., Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Ct. of App., District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of Ohio

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Past chair and current trustee emeritus, Hiram College Board of Trustees
  • Past chair and current trustee emeritus, Board of Trustees of Laurel School
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America currently and each year since 1989, an honor based on an exhaustive peer-review process
  • Consistently named in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law

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  • Co-presenter (with Steve Delchin), “GenAI That’s NextGen – How Legal Professionals Are Using Generative AI Ethically” – LawPracticeCLE, July 2, 2024.
  • Co-presenter (with Steve Delchin), “Ethical Use of Generative AI By Lawyers – How To Avoid Falling Behind,” MyLawCLE, June 7, 2024.
  • Co-presenter (with Steve Delchin), “Law Office Management,” Lawline, Cleveland, December 4, 2023.
  • Co-presenter (with Steve Delchin), “Law Office Management,” Practicing Law Institute, Cleveland, November 29, 2022 and November 29, 2023.
  • Co-presenter (with Steve Delchin), “Confidentiality for In-House Counsel (2020),” LexisNexis Webinars, June 30, 2020.
  • Co-author (with Steven A. Delchin and ICF International’s Mollie Roy), “A Closer Look at Confidentiality and Privilege When Doing Business Abroad,” ACC Docket, Association of Corporate Counsel, January/February 2014.

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