Moody Rudolph Tidwell III[1] (born February 15, 1939) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Tidwell's father, Moody R. Tidwell, Jr., was an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, who eventually became a Major General in that branch.

[2] Tidwell received a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1961 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1962 to 1966.

Tidwell also served as corporate secretary and as a board member for KECO Industries, Inc., from 1979 to 1982.

[3][4] On March 30, 1983, Tidwell was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Claims Court vacated by Judge Louis Spector.