Deanell Tacha
Deanell Reece Tacha is the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University's School of Law, where she also serves as a professor of law. She has been dean and professor of the school since June 1, 2011. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. She served on senior status from January 27, 2011, to June 1, 2011.[1][2]
Early life and education
A native of Goodland, Kansas, Tacha earned her B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1968 and her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1971.[1]
Professional career
- 1994-1998: Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission
- 1974-1985: Faculty, University of Kansas School of Law
- 1974-1977: Director, Douglas County Legal Aid Clinic, Lawrence, Kan.
- 1973-1974: Private Practice, Concordia, Kan.
- 1973: Private Practice, Washington, D.C.
- 1971-1972: White House fellow, Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Deanell Reece Tacha |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 46 days after nomination. |
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Tacha was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 31, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Tacha's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 14, 1985, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on December 5, 1985. Tacha was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and she received her commission the same day. Tacha served as chief judge of the court from 2001 to 2007. She assumed senior status on January 27, 2011, and served as a senior judge on the court until her resignation on June 1, 2011.[1] She was succeeded in this position by Judge Nancy Moritz.
Awards and associations
- 2007: Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, American Judicature Society
See also
External links
- Judge Tacha's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Law.com "10th Circuit's Judge Tacha on Pay, Political Labels and Her Choice to Move On" May 25, 2011
- Profile of Judge Tacha from Pepperdine University School of Law, June 2011
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-new seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals 1985 – 2011 |
Succeeded by: Nancy Moritz
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
