Joseph W. Nega

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Cecily Wyatt Rock
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(m. 1989)​
[1]
Joseph W. Nega
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Nega in 2013
Judge of the United States Tax Court
Assumed office
September 4, 2013
Alma mater DePaul University (BS)
Georgetown University (JD)

Joseph Walter Nega [1] (born September 11, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Tax Court. He formerly served as senior legislation counsel of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the United States Congress.

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Biography

Nega was born on September 11, 1960, in Chicago. [2] He received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from DePaul University. He received a Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. He received a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. He has served on the Joint Committee on Taxation staff since 1985, starting as a Legislation Attorney from 1985 to 1989. From 1989 to 2008, he served as Legislation Counsel to the committee. From 2008 to 2013, he served as Senior Legislation Counsel. His primary areas of responsibility were the individual income tax, tax exemption requirements for state and local bonds, tax credit bonds and employment taxes. [3]

Tax Court service

On May 9, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Nega to serve a fifteen-year term as a Judge of the United States Tax Court, to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas B. Wells, who took senior status on January 1, 2011. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2013. [4] He received his commission on September 4, 2013. His commission will expire on September 3, 2028, at which time his fifteen-year term will end. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cecily W. Rock and Joseph W. Nega, Lawyers, Exchange Vows in Virginia". New York Times. July 16, 1989.
  2. ↑ Nominations of Michael B. Thornton, Joseph W. Nega, and F. Scott Kieff: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of Michael B. Thornton, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court; Joseph W. Nega, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court; and F. Scott Kieff, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission, July 18, 2013. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2013. p. 62.
  3. ↑ "President Obama Nominates Joseph W. Nega and Michael B. Thornton to the United States Tax Court". whitehouse.gov . 8 May 2013 – via National Archives.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Senate: nominations confirmed (civilian)". www.senate.gov.
  5. ↑ "Judge Nega". www.ustaxcourt.gov.
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