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Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
Deanell Reece Tacha , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Deanell Reece Tacha (born January 26, 1946) is a retired United States circuit judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was the Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law from 2011 to 2016.
Education
- University of KansasB.A., 1968
- University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1971
Career
White House Fellow, special assistant to the Secretary of Labor, 1971-1972; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973; Private practice, Concordia, Kansas, 1973-1974; Director, Douglas County [Kansas] Legal Aid Clinic, 1974-1977; Faculty, University of Kansas School of Law, 1974-1985; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1994-1998; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2001-2007; Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011-2017
Biography
Deanell Reece Tacha (born January 26, 1946) is a retired United States circuit judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was the Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law from 2011 to 2016.
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