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Richard Gary Taranto
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 91 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 91 to 0
- Confirmed
- March 11, 2013
- Commissioned
- March 12, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Abraham Sofaer, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1981-1982
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert Bork, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-1983
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1983-1984
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1984-1986, 1989-2013
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1989
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