Stephen Swift

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Stephen Jensen Swift^[1] (born September 7, 1943 in Utah) is a former judge of the United States Tax Court. Swift graduated from Menlo Atherton High School, in Atherton, California in 1961. He received his Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University in Political Science in 1967 and his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School in 1970.

Swift was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court,^[2] on August 16, 1983, for a term ending August 15, 1998. He thereafter served as Senior Judge on recall performing judicial duties until reappointed by President Bill Clinton on December 1, 2000, for a term ending November 30, 2015. Swift resumed senior status on September 8, 2008, and retired on January 1, 2016.^[3]

Employment

Attorney, United States Department of Justice Tax Division, 1970–74
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California, 1974–77
Vice President and Senior Tax Counsel, Tax Department, Bank of America N.T. and S.A., San Francisco, California, 1977–83
Adjunct professor, Graduate Tax Programs, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, 1978–83; University of Baltimore, 1987 to present
Member of State Bar of California, District of Columbia Bar, and American Bar Association, Section of Taxation.

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References

↑ U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (2001). Nominations of Stephen J. Swift, Joel Gerber, Troy Hamilton Cribb, Thomas R. Saving, John L. Palmer, Mark A. Weinberger, and Gerald M. Shea. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 65.
↑ "President Reagan Tuesday nominated attorneys Bruce Beaudin and A. Franklin Burgess". UPI. June 28, 1983.
↑ Murphy, Sheila A. (2016). Reports of the United States Tax Court, V. 146. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160937538.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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[1] U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (2001). Nominations of Stephen J. Swift, Joel Gerber, Troy Hamilton Cribb, Thomas R. Saving, John L. Palmer, Mark A. Weinberger, and Gerald M. Shea. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 65.

[2] "President Reagan Tuesday nominated attorneys Bruce Beaudin and A. Franklin Burgess". UPI. June 28, 1983.

[3] Murphy, Sheila A. (2016). Reports of the United States Tax Court, V. 146. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160937538.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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