About Richard Moore TVA's Inspector General

Richard Moore was sworn in as TVA's first Presidentially appointed Inspector General on May 9, 2003.

From 1985 until his confirmation as Inspector General, Mr. Moore served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.  During that time, he prosecuted criminal cases involving white collar crimes, official corruption, and general federal crimes.  He also served as Coordinator of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force in the Southern District, as Senior Litigation Counsel, and as Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney's Office.  From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Moore was an Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy at Oxford University, Oxford, England, where he conducted an independent study on the prosecution of complex international fraud cases.  Prior to serving with the U.S. Attorney's office, he was in private practice in Mobile, Alabama, and Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Moore attended undergraduate school at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. degree.  He graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, with a J.D. degree.

Mr. Moore resides in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife and daughter.