Maurice B. Foley
Foley in 2022
Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
In office
June 1, 2018  May 31, 2022
Preceded byL. Paige Marvel
Succeeded byKathleen Kerrigan
Judge of the United States Tax Court
Assumed office
November 25, 2011
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byhimself
In office
April 9, 1995  April 8, 2010
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byCharles E. Clapp II
Succeeded byhimself
Personal details
Born (1960-03-28) March 28, 1960
Belleville, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Alma materSwarthmore 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. 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

  1. 1 2 Nominations of Shirley S. Chater, Maurice B. Foley, and Juan F. Vazquez. U.S. Government Printing Office. February 16, 1995. ISBN 9780160477492. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "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.
  3. ""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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