Leonard P. Moore

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Leonard Page Moore (July 2, 1898 - December 7, 1982) was a federal appellate judge in the United States.

Moore attended Amherst College and Columbia Law School. He spent three decades, from 1922 to 1953, as a lawyer in private practice in New York City. From 1953 to 1957, Moore served a four-year term as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Moore to serve as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Moore took office under a recess appointment in September 1957, and was confirmed by the Senate for a lifetime appointment in February 1958. Moore assumed senior status as a judge in 1971. He died in 1982.

This article incorporates text obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of Federal Judges compiled by the Federal Judicial Center.