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LEGAL · MS · 1988-2004
Mike Moore
Attorney General · Democrat · Mississippi
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Pioneered 1990s state tobacco lawsuits → MSA $246B settlement
Background
Michael C. Moore (b. 1952) was Mississippi Attorney General 1988-2004. Pioneer of state tobacco litigation — filed the first state Medicaid-recovery suit against tobacco companies May 23 1994. The state-AG coalition he organized produced the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement: $246B over 25 years. Tobacco lawyers' fees became the largest in U.S. legal history.
Curated bio from Officium's editorial pass.
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Others who held this office in Mississippi
- Lynn Fitch (2020-present)
- Jim Hood (2004-2020)
- Mike Moore (1988-2004)
- Edwin Lloyd Pittman (1984-1988)
- Bill Allain (1980-1984)
- A. F. Summer (1969-1980)
- Joe T. Patterson (1956-1969)
- J. P. Coleman (1952-1956)
- James T. Kennedy (1948-1952)
- Greek L. Rice (1944-1948)