Thomasina Moore

Thomasina F. Moore is a Partner in the Tallahassee office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where she is a member of the Appellate Practice Group. Thomasina is board certified in Appellate Practice and Juvenile Law by The Florida Bar. Thomasina represents private sector and government clients and focuses her diverse practice on government, labor and employment, commercial, constitutional, and appellate litigation. She has experience in complex appeals involving interpretation of the U. S. and Florida Constitutions, as well as experience in a broad range of employment matters including allegations of workplace discrimination, violations of Floridas public records act, violations of Floridas public whistleblower act, and policy development. Prior to joining Shutts, Thomasina helped develop the Defending Best Interests initiative while at the Florida Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, which saved taxpayers millions of dollars by recruiting pro bono appellate attorneys to write briefs in termination of parental rights cases. The program was honored by Florida Tax Watch for efficiency in government. She also developed and presented a constitutional analysis on the scope of parental rights, which the Florida Department of Children and Families supported and the Supreme Court adopted, with the decision now positively impacting thousands of children throughout Florida each year. She was also appointed by the Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice to serve on a committee charged with developing a rule for ineffective assistance of counsel in cases regarding the termination of parental rights, authored a minority report and argued its merits before the Supreme Court, a majority of which was ultimately adopted by the Florida Supreme Court.