S.J. Moore

S.J. Moore’s practice focuses on litigation involving commercial disputes, business torts, insurance coverage, products liability and employment matters. Before joining Shank & Moore, Mr. Moore served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2006, where he graduated Order of the Coif. Mr. Moore served as Senior Articles Editor of the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Member/Founder, Shank & Moore, LLC
Mission Woods, Kansas
January 2016-present
Associate, Shank & Hamilton, P.C.
Kansas City, Missouri
October 2008-December 2015

Law Clerk, Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
August 2006-September 2008

University of Kansas School of Law
Lawrence, Kansas

• Juris Doctor, May 2006
• Order of the Coif
• Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy – Senior Articles Editor (2005-06); staff member (2004-05)
• Teaching Assistant; Lawyering Program (2004-06)
• Research Assistant; Professor Stephen J. Ware (2005-06)
• KU In-House Moot Court Competition; First Place Team, First Place Oralist (2005)
• National Moot Court Competition; Regional Semi-Finalist Team (2005)
• Payne & Jones Lawyering Award for Legal Research and Writing (2004)

Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas

• B.F.A., Communications (magna cum laude), May 2003

• The Missouri Bar
• The Kansas Bar
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (2012)
• American Bar Association (2012)

• Missouri State Courts (2006)
• Kansas State Courts (2007)
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas