Mike Moore (US politician)

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Mississippi Attorney General
Mike Moore

In office January, 1988 – January, 2004
Preceded by	Ed Pittman
Succeeded by	Jim Hood

Born	3 April 1952
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney

Michael Moore (born 3 April 1952 in Pascagoula, Mississippi ^[1]) was the Attorney General for the State of Mississippi from 1988 to 2004. In 1994, he filed the first lawsuit against thirteen tobacco companies, claiming that they should reimburse the State for the costs of treating those with smoking-related illnesses. Attorneys General from several other states joined the suit, with Moore as the lead negotiator. The settlement was worth $246 billion to the states, including $4.1 billion for Mississippi. The Michael Mann-directed film The Insider (starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe) portrays some of the events leading up to this settlement, and Moore appears in the film as himself in several scenes.

Moore received his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Mississippi. He served as the District Attorney for Pascagoula. In 1997 he was awarded "Lawyer of the Year" by the National Law Journal.

Moore is now head of Mike Moore Law Firm LLC in Jackson, Mississippi. He serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi, which is funded by money from the tobacco settlement. Moore also sits on the Board of Directors for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and on the Advisory Board of Prepaid Legal, Inc.