Alina I. Marshall Explained

Alina I. Marshall
Office:Judge of the United States Tax Court
Appointer:Donald Trump
Term Start:August 24, 2020
Predecessor:L. Paige Marvel
Birth Name:Alina Ionescu
Birth Date:1 October 1977
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Education:Yale University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD)

Alina Ionescu Marshall (born October 1, 1977)[1] is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Tax Court.

Education

Marshall earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Yale University and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as an Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.[2]

Career

Marshall practiced tax law at West & Feinberg and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and served as a law clerk to a Judge of the United States Tax Court. Marshall has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center in its Graduate Tax Program. Before becoming a judge, she was Counsel to the Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court.

United States Tax Court service

On November 6, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Marshall to serve as a judge of the United States Tax Court. On November 19, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Marshall to the seat vacated by Judge L. Paige Marvel, who subsequently assumed senior status on December 6, 2019.[3] On August 13, 2020, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[4] She was sworn into office on August 24, 2020.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statement of Information Requested of Candidate. Senate Finance Committee. July 21, 2020.
  2. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-8/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, November 6, 2019
  3. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nine-nominations-sent-senate-4/ "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, November 19, 2019
  4. Web site: August 13, 2020 . PN1278 – Nomination of Alina I. Marshall for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020) . August 17, 2020 . www.congress.gov.
  5. Web site: United States Tax Court: Judges: Alina I. Marshall . 2020-09-30 . www.ustaxcourt.gov.