John O. Colvin is the Chief Judge

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 of the United States Tax Court

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Colvin received an A.B.

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 from the University of Missouri

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 in 1968, and completed a J.D.

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 there in 1971. He earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center

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 in 1978. During college and law school he was employed by a private firm, Niedner, Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, of St. Charles, Missouri, and also worked for a number of political figures, including Missouri Attorney General

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 John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall, both in Jefferson City

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; and for U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman Thomas B. Curtis

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, in Washington, DC.

From 1975-84, Colvin served as Tax Counsel to Senator Bob Packwood

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, and thereafter was Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for several years, and also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University

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 Law Center, beginning in 1987.

Colvin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan

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 as Judge, United States Tax Court, on September 1, 1988, for a term ending August 31, 2003. He was reappointed by President George W. Bush

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 on August 12, 2004, for a term ending August 11, 2019. Colvin was elected Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court, effective June 1, 2006, and reelected effective June 1, 2008.

Other

• Admitted to practice law in Missouri, 1971, and District of Columbia, 1974.
• Office of the Chief Counsel, United States Coast Guard
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  , Washington, D.C., 1971-75.
• Officer, Tax Section, Federal Bar Association, since 1978.

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