Thomas E. Moss
United States Attorney
Tom Moss received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Idaho in 1965. For most of his career he had a general law practice in Blackfoot, Idaho, and served as the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Bingham County. As a county attorney he successfully tried hundreds of felony cases-many of the most significant prosecutions in the state-and represented Bingham County in civil matters. In February, 2000, he was appointed to the Idaho House of Representatives and was elected to the position that November. He was appointed United States Attorney by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2001.
Tom is past President of the Idaho State Bar Association, the Seventh Judicial District Bar Association and the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys' Association. He has served on numerous Bar Association committees, including the Access to Courts Committee, the Committee on Judicial Independence and Judicial Integrity and the Criminal Rules Committee. He has taught trial advocacy and legal ethics through the Idaho State Bar Association and the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys' Association, and has served on the faculty for the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
Throughout his career, Tom has served in leadership roles in many professional, charitable and civic organizations. He has served as President of the Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce, President of the Blackfoot Rotary Club, and as a member of the University of Idaho College of Law Advisory Council and the Governor's Coordinating Council for Families and Children. He was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
On December 16, 2005, U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, appointed Mr. Moss to a three-year term on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee (AGAC), a group which makes recommendations to the Attorney General on national policies, procedures and substantive issues. Tom also continues to serve on the Attorney General's Executive Working Group, and on the AGAC's subcommittees dealing with Native American Issues, and Borders and Immigration.
Tom is a long-time coach and supporter of youth athletics. He and his late wife, Bonny, have raised seven children.