List of Judges of the United States Tax Court

The United States Tax Court is composed of 19 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.[1] Reappointment, when requested by a Tax Court judge[2] is generally pro forma regardless of the political party of the appointing President and the political party of the re-appointing (sitting) President. By statute, Congress has granted to the President the power to remove the judges of the U.S. Tax Court "for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office...." [3]

In addition, the Chief Judge may appoint a number of Special Trial Judges, who serve a function comparable to magistrate judges in the United States district courts.

Current composition of the court

As of September 9, 2020:

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley Washington, D.C. 1960 1995–2010
2011–present
2018–present Clinton
Obama (reappointment)
Judge Joseph H. Gale Washington, D.C. 1953 1996–2011
2011–present
Clinton
Obama (reappointment)
Judge Michael B. Thornton Washington, D.C. 1954 1998–2013
2013–present
2012–2013
2013–2016
Clinton
Obama (reappointment)
Judge David Gustafson Washington, D.C. 1956 2008–present G.W. Bush
Judge Elizabeth Crewson Paris Washington, D.C. 1958 2008–present G.W. Bush
Judge Richard T. Morrison Washington, D.C. 1967 2008–present G.W. Bush
Judge Kathleen Kerrigan Washington, D.C. 1964 2012–present Obama
Judge Ronald Lee Buch Washington, D.C. 1965 2013–present Obama
Judge Joseph W. Nega Washington, D.C. 1959 2013–present Obama
Judge Cary Douglas Pugh Washington, D.C. 1966 2014–present Obama
Judge Tamara W. Ashford Washington, D.C. 1968 2014–present Obama
Judge Patrick J. Urda Washington, D.C. 1976 2018–present Trump
Judge Elizabeth Ann Copeland Washington, D.C. 1964 2018–present Trump
Judge Courtney Dunbar Jones Washington, D.C. 1978 2019–present Trump
Judge Emin Toro Washington, D.C. 1974 2019–present Trump
Judge Travis A. Greaves Washington, D.C. 1983 2020–present Trump
Judge Alina I. Marshall Washington, D.C. 1977 2020–present Trump
Judge Christian N. Weiler Washington, D.C. 1979 2020–present Trump
Judge vacant Washington, D.C.
Senior Judge Mary Ann Cohen Washington, D.C. 1982–1997
1997–2012
1996–1997
1997–2000
2012–present Reagan
Clinton (reappointment)
Senior Judge Thomas B. Wells Washington, D.C. 1945 1986–2001
2001–2011
1997–1997
2000–2004
2001–present Reagan
G.W. Bush (reappointment)
Senior Judge Robert Ruwe Washington, D.C. 1941 1987–2002 2002–present Reagan
Senior Judge John O. Colvin Washington, D.C. 1946 1988–2003
2004–2016
2006–2012
2013–2013
2016–present Reagan
G.W. Bush (reappointment)
Senior Judge James Halpern Washington, D.C. 1945 1990–2005
2005–2015
2015–present G.H.W. Bush
G.W. Bush (reappointment)
Senior Judge Juan F. Vasquez Washington, D.C. 1948 1995–2010
2011–2018
2018–present Clinton
Obama (reappointment)
Senior Judge L. Paige Marvel Washington, D.C. 1949 1998–2013
2014–2019
2016–2018 2019–present Clinton
Obama (reappointment)
Senior Judge Joseph Robert Goeke Washington, D.C. 1950 2003–2018 2018–present G.W. Bush
Senior Judge Mark V. Holmes Washington, D.C. 1960 2003–2018 2018–present G.W. Bush
Senior Judge Albert G. Lauber Washington, D.C. 1950 2013–2020 2020–present Obama

Current special trial judges

As of August 31, 2019, the special trial judges on the court are as follows:

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
Chief Judge Lewis R. Carluzzo Washington, D.C. 1949 1994–present 2017–present
Judge Peter Panuthos Washington, D.C. 1943 1983–present 1992–2017
Judge Daniel A. Guy Jr. Washington, D.C. 2012–present
Judge Diana Leyden Washington, D.C. 2016–present

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat Seat last held by Vacancy reason Date of vacancy Nominee Date of nomination
Mark V. Holmes Expiration of term June 29, 2018

Members of the Board of Tax Appeals (1924–1942)

MemberBegan active
service
Ended active
service
Notes
Jed Cobb Adams19331935Died in office.
William W. Arnold[4]19351942
C. Rogers Arundell[4]19251942
Eugene Black[4]19291942
Richard L. Disney[4]19361942
Edgar J. Goodrich19311935
Adolphus E. Graupner19241926
William R. Green Jr.19251929
Charles D. Hamel19241925
Marion Janet Harron[4]19361942
Samuel B. Hill[4]19361942
James S.Y. Ivins[5]19241925
Albert E. James19241926
John W. Kern Jr.[4]19371942
Jules Gilmer Korner Jr.19241927
W.C. Lansdon19241934
James Russell Leech[4][6]19321942
Benjamin H. Littleton19241929
William D. Love19251933
John J. Marquette19241935
Annabel Matthews19301933
Stephen J. McMahon19291936
Arthur Johnson Mellott[4]19351942
John B. Milliken19261929
Justin Miller19371937Appointed to a different court.
Logan Morris19251937
J. Edgar Murdock[4]19261942
Clarence V. Opper[4]19381942
Percy W. Phillips[5]19241931
Herbert F. Seawell19291936
Forest D. Siefkin19271929
Charles P. Smith[4]19241942
John M. Sternhagen[4]19241942
Charles M. Trammell19241936
Sumner L. Trussell19241931Died in office.
Bolon B. Turner[4]19341942
John A. Tyson[4]19351942
Ernest H. Van Fossan[4]19261942

Former Tax Court judges

JudgeBegan active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
service
William W. Arnold[4]19421950
C. Rogers Arundell[4]19421969
Craig S. Atkins19551972
Arnold R. Baar19541954Died in office.
Renato Beghe199920032012
Eugene Black[4]19421966
J. Gregory Bruce19521967
Herbert Chabot197819932001
Carolyn Chiechi19922007
Charles Clapp198319931998
Howard Dawson196219852016
Richard L. Disney[4]19421951
William Miller Drennen195819722000
Sheldon V. Ekman19801982Died in office.
William M. Fay196120002000
C. Moxley Featherston196719831991
Morton P. Fisher19541964Died in office.
Bruce M. Forrester195719781984
Joel Gerber1984
2000
1999
2006
2000
2020
William A. Goffe197119861992
Harry Haines200320082016
Cynthia H. Hall19721981Appointed to a different court.
Lapsley W. Hamblen Jr.19821996
Byron B. Harlan19461949Died in office.
Marion Janet Harron[4]19421960
Samuel B. Hill[4]19421953
Austin Hoyt196219731976
Jules G. Körner III19811997
Leo H. Irwin[7]19681983
Julian Jacobs198419992019[8]
Luther Alexander Johnson[9]19461956
John W. Kern Jr.[4]194219611971
Diane Kroupa20032014
David Laro199220072018
James Russell Leech[4][10]19421952
Clarence P. LeMire194619561959
Arthur Johnson Mellott[4]19421945
John E. Mulroney195519661970
J. Edgar Murdock[4]19421968
Arthur Nims197919922019
Clarence V. Opper[4]19421964Died in office.
Edna G. Parker198019951996
Carolyn Miller Parr19852002
Allin H. Pierce195519721980
William H. Quealy19691980
Arnold Raum195019781998
Stephen E. Rice19521958
Irene F. Scott196019821997
Perry Shields198219941994
Charles R. Simpson19651987
Charles P. Smith[4]19421946
John M. Sternhagen[4]19421946
Samuel B. Sterrett196819881983
Stephen Swift1983
2000
1998
2008
2010
Theodore Tannenwald Jr.196519831999
Norman O. Tietjens19501971
Russell E. Train19571965
Bolon B. Turner[4]194219701962
John A. Tyson[4]19421950
Ernest H. Van Fossan[4]19421961
Lawrence Whalen19872002
Robert Wherry Jr.200320142018
Meade Whitaker198219891995
Richard C. Wilbur197419861987
Darrell D. Wiles197219841987
B. John Williams19851990
Graydon G. Withey195219721974
Lawrence A. Wright198419962000

Past Special Trial Judges

  • D. Irvin Couvillion (1985–)
  • Carleton D. Powell (1985–2007)
  • John J. Pajak (1979–)
  • Norman H. Wolfe (1985–)
  • Daniel J. Dinan (1991–)
  • John F. Dean (1994–2014)
  • Lehman C. Aarons (1975–1986)
  • Robert N. Armen (1993–2019)
  • Helen A. Buckley (1983–1994)
  • Randolph F. Caldwell Jr. (1971–1985)
  • Francis J. Cantrel (1977–1994)
  • Murray H. Falk (1975–1981)
  • Lee M. Galloway (1981–1993)
  • Fred S. Gilbert Jr. (1977–1984)
  • Stanley J. Goldberg (1985–)
  • James M. Gussis (1970–1994)
  • Darrell D. Hallett (1980–1983)
  • Joseph N. Ingolia (1970–1977)
  • Charles R. Johnston (1970–1980)
  • Larry L. Nameroff (1986–)
  • Edna G. Parker (1977–1980; elevated to a regular seat on the Tax Court)
  • Joan Seitz Pate (1983–1994)
  • Marvin F. Peterson (1979–1994; Chief Special Trial Judge, 1987–1994)
  • John H. Sacks (1970–1977)
  • Fred R. Tansill (1980–1986)
  • Hu S. Vandervort (1984–1989)

References

  1. See generally 26 U.S.C. § 7443(a) and (b).
  2. I.R.C. 7447(b)(3)).
  3. See 26 U.S.C. § 7443(f).
  4. The Tax Court of the United States, United States Government Manual", Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information (1945).
  5. "Report of the United States Board of Tax Appeals, Volume 1, p. 3 (Government Printing Office, 1926)"
  6. James Russell Leech Congressional Biography].
  7. "Newest Judge To Sit In Tax Court Here", The Milwaukee Journal (February 4, 1968).
  8. "PRESS RELEASE" (PDF). June 11, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019. Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley announced today that, effective as of June 7, 2019, Senior Judge Julian I. Jacobs has fully retired and is no longer recalled for judicial service.
  9. Luther Johnson Congressional Biography].
  10. James Russell Leech Congressional Biography].
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