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Deanell Tacha

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Years in office: 2011 - 2011

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Years in office: 1985 - 2011

Education

Bachelor's

University of Kansas, 1968

Law

University of Michigan Law School, 1971

Personal

Birthplace

Goodland, KS

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 afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan. She served onsenior 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 herJ.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

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Deanell Reece Tacha
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 46 days after nomination.
ANominated: October 31, 1985
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: November 14, 1985
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: December 5, 1985
AConfirmed: December 16, 1985
AVote: Voice vote

Tacha was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on October 31, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Tacha's nomination were held before theUnited 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 theU.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and she received her commission the same day. Tacha served aschief judge of the court from 2001 to 2007. She assumedsenior status onJanuary 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 JudgeNancy Moritz.

Awards and associations

• 2007: Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, American Judicature Society

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

External links

• Judge Tacha's biography from theFederal 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

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jerome HolmesChief Judge: Timothy Tymkovich  •  Allison Eid  •  Harris Hartz  •  Carolyn McHugh  •  Nancy Moritz  •  Robert Bacharach  •  Scott Matheson (Utah)  •  Gregory Alan Phillips  •  Joel Carson  •  Veronica Rossman  •  Richard Federico
Senior judges	Terrence O'Brien  •  Michael R. Murphy (Federal judge)  •  Carlos Lucero  •  Mary Briscoe  •  Paul Kelly (United States Court of Appeals judge)  •  David Ebel  •  Wade Brorby  •  Bobby Baldock  •  Stephen Anderson  •  John Porfilio  •  Stephanie Seymour  •
Former judges	William E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Neil Gorsuch  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Michael McConnell (federal appeals judge)  •  William Holloway  •  Robert McWilliams  •  James E. Barrett (Federal judge)  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Robert Williams (Oklahoma)  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Walter Huxman  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  Delmas Hill  •  John Hickey  •  James Logan  •  John Pickett  •  Oliver Seth  •
Former Chief judges	Mary Briscoe  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Stephanie Seymour  •  Monroe McKay  •  William Holloway  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Oliver Seth  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
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