Cary Douglas Pugh

American judge (born 1966)

Cary Douglas Pugh (born 1966) is a judge of the United States Tax Court .

Biography

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Pugh received an Artium Baccalaureus degree, magna cum laude, in 1987, from Duke University , a Master of Arts degree, in 1988, from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor , in 1994, from the University of Virginia School of Law , where she graduated Order of the Coif . She served as a law clerk to Judge Jackson L. Kiser of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia from 1994 to 1995. She was an associate at Vinson & Elkins from 1995 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002, she served as Tax Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Finance , advising committee members on individual and corporate tax issues. From 2002 to 2005, she was the Special Counsel to the Chief Counsel of the United States Internal Revenue Service . Since 2005, she has served as counsel in the tax department at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP .

Faculty service

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Pugh has served as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Law 's Master of Laws program.

United States Tax Court

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On June 9, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Pugh to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Wherry who retired from the court. On November 20, 2014 the United States Senate confirmed her by voice vote .

Following confirmation, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as Judge of the United States Tax Court , on December 16, 2014 for a term ending December 15, 2029.