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U.S. Court of Federal Claims: Tapp, David Austin

Born 1962 in Lexington, KY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on March 5, 2019, to a seat vacated by Lynn Jeanne Bush. Confirmed by the Senate on November 5, 2019, and received commission on November 19, 2019.

Education:
Morehead State University, B.A., 1983
Chaminade University of Honolulu, M.S., 1991
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 1993

Professional Career:
Legal technician, EBON Research Systems, contractor for Office of the U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1989-1993
Instructor, Somerset Community College, 1994, 2002
Assistant commonwealth's attorney, Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, Kentucky, 1994-1996
Private practice, Somerset, Kentucky, 1996-2005
Judge, Kentucky Circuit Court, Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, 2005-2019
Adjunct professor of law, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, 2015