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Maurice B. Foley
Foley in 2022
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
Incumbent
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	(1960-03-28) March 28, 1960 (age 64) Belleville, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Swarthmore College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) Georgetown University (LLM)

Maurice Brian Foley (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 UC Berkeley School of Law and a Master of Laws 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. On February 21, 2020, he was re-elected to a second two-year term effective June 1, 2020, his term as chief ended on May 31, 2022.

See also

• List of African American jurists
• List of African American federal judges

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. ^ 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.

External links

• Maurice B. Foley at Ballotpedia
• Biography of Judge Foley from U.S. Tax Court website
• Clinton names 1st black U.S. tax judge - Maurice B. Foley nominated to US Tax Court, Jet Magazine, November 21, 1994.

• 1960 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American judges
• 21st-century American judges
• African-American judges
• Judges of the United States Tax Court
• People from Belleville, Illinois
• Swarthmore College alumni
• United States Article I federal judges appointed by Barack Obama
• United States Article I federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton
• UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
• University of Colorado Law School faculty