Richard Biggs was born in 1960 in Greeley, Colorado. Richard was nicknamed Moe by his father and has carried that nickname ever since. Moe was raised on a ranch/farm in northeastern Colorado but attended school over the state line in the Nebraska panhandle in the town of Kimball. He graduated from high school in 1978 and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska in 1982. He graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School in 1986. For a short period of time, Moe practiced in western Nebraska but then moved to Tucson, Arizona and started working with the law firm then known as Busby & McCracken. He has been practicing in Arizona with the same firm since 1987.
Moe is admitted to both the Arizona and Nebraska State Bar Associations as well as the United States District Courts for both jurisdictions. In addition he has been admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Moe is married to Jennifer Biggs who is employed as Director at a local hospital in Tucson. They have two boys one born in 1994 and one in 1996.