[3][4] Upon Moore's actual resignation she was named by Governor Ivey as chief justice on April 26, 2017, without the "acting" title.
She sought election to a full six-year term in the Republican Primary on June 5, 2018.
However, she lost the Republican nomination for Chief Justice by a relatively narrow 18,826 votes out of more than 514,000 cast.
[2] She served as secretary of the Student Bar Association, was a member of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, and received the Dean's Service Award at graduation.
In January 1997, she was appointed as a Circuit Judge by Governor Fob James and re-elected without opposition in 1998.