Maurice B. Foley
Maurice B. Foley | |
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![]() Foley in 2021 | |
Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
In office June 1, 2018 – May 31, 2022 | |
Preceded by | L. Paige Marvel |
Succeeded by | Kathleen Kerrigan |
Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
Assumed office November 25, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | himself |
In office April 9, 1995 – April 8, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Charles E. Clapp II |
Succeeded by | himself |
Personal details | |
Born | Belleville, Illinois, U.S.[1] | March 28, 1960
Alma mater | Swarthmore College, B.A. Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. Georgetown University Law Center |
Maurice Brian Foley[1] (born March 28, 1960) is a judge of the United States Tax Court.
Foley received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to the appointment to the Court, he was an attorney for the Legislation and Regulations Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance, and Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury's Office of Tax Policy. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 9, 1995, for a term ending April 8, 2010. Foley was the first African-American appointed to the United States Tax Court. He was reappointed on November 25, 2011, for a term ending November 24, 2026. Foley is also an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law. Foley is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore.[when?] On February 26, 2018, it was announced he would become the next Chief Judge of the Tax Court, effective June 1, 2018.[2] On February 21, 2020, he was re-elected to a second two-year term effective June 1, 2020,[3] his term as chief ended on May 31, 2022.
Attribution
Material on this page was copied from the website of the United States Tax Court, which is published by a United States government agency, and is therefore in the public domain.
References
- ^ a b Nominations of Shirley S. Chater, Maurice B. Foley, and Juan F. Vazquez. United States Senate Committee on Finance. February 16, 1995. ISBN 9780160477492.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE" (PDF) (Press release). United States Tax Court. February 26, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ ""PRESS RELEASE", United States Tax Court, February 24, 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
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