Amber M. Moore

Representative Experience

• Defended oil and gas exploration and production company before the West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel in claims involving private nuisance and negligence relating to natural gas activities
• Represented oil and gas operator in dispute with two other energy companies over ownership of oil and gas interests in North Dakota; verdict affirmed on appeal before North Dakota Supreme Court in Zavanna, LLC v. GADECO, LLC et al. 994 N.W.2d 133 (ND 2023)
• As second chair, won jury trial for large international metal manufacturing client in dispute over indemnification responsibilities worth over $1 million from late 1980s acquisition agreement and successfully defended verdict on appeal before Colorado Court of Appeals in Continental Holdings v. Ball Corporation and Ball Metalpack, 24CA0822
• Represented real estate agent in motion to dismiss in a professional liability matter brought by the purchaser of undeveloped residential property
• Second-chaired an evidentiary hearing based on removal cause of action against county commissioners
• Drafted missing heirs petitions and partition complaints to assist clients with obtaining mineral leasing rights
• Represented a homeowners association in enforcing restrictive covenants, including motions for summary judgment and an evidentiary hearing on attorney’s fees and costs
• Represented clients in construction litigation matters by drafting motions for summary judgment for a pipeline operator and for a subcontractor in residential housing
• Defended client in the medical malpractice action, including a motion to dismiss hearing
• Assisted with research and drafting for appeals before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• As second chair counsel, won jury trial for large international metal manufacturing client in dispute over indemnification responsibilities worth over $1 million from late 1980s acquisition agreement

Licensed In

• Colorado
• North Dakota
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

Education

• J.D. West Virginia University College of Law

• B.A. Lee University

Memberships

• The Order of the Coif, WVU College of Law
• Editor-in-Chief, West Virginia Law Review, Volume 115

Publications

• Andrew S. Graham, Allison J. Farrell, Lauren A. Williams, Amber M. Moore, One Stick in the Bundle: Characterizing Nonparticipating Royalty Interests Under West Virginia Law, 117 W. Va. L. Rev. 519 (2014)