David Laro

American judge (1942–2018)

David Laro c. 1975

David Laro (March 3, 1942 – September 21, 2018) was an American senior judge of the United States Tax Court .

Born in Flint, Michigan , Laro graduated from the University of Michigan in 1964, earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois Law School in 1967 and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University Law School in 1970.

He was admitted to Michigan Bar, and United States District Court (Eastern District) in 1968. He was a partner in the law firm of Winegarden, Booth, Shedd, and Laro from 1970 to 1975; member of the law firm of Laro and Borgeson from 1975 to 1986; and a solo practitioner from 1986 to 1992.

Laro was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as Judge, United States Tax Court, on November 2, 1992, for a term ending November 1, 2007. Following the end of this term, he continued to serve as a senior judge on the court. He died on September 21, 2018.

International taxation work

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At the request of the American Bar Association and the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative , Laro contributed written comments on the Draft Laws of Ukraine and Uzbekistan and on the creation of specialized courts in Eastern Europe . As a consultant for Harvard University (Harvard Institute for International Development ), and Georgia State University , he lectured in Moscow to Russian judges on the subject of tax reform and litigation procedures in May 1997 and December 1998. Laro was a commentator for the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative on the draft laws of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan , Slovakia , Ukraine, and the Republic of Macedonia . He has lectured to Judges and tax officials in Azerbaijan on tax reform.

Other activities

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• Counsel to Dykema Gossett, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989–90

• President and chief executive officer of Durakon Industries, Inc., 1989–91

• Chairman, Board of Durakon Industries, Inc., 1991–92

• Chairman, Board of Republic Bank, 1986–92

• Vice Chairman and co-founder of Republic Bancorp, Inc. 1986-92

• Regent, University of Michigan Board of Regents , 1975–81

• Member, Michigan State Board of Education , 1982–83

• Chairman, Michigan State Tenure Commission, 1972–75

• Commissioner, Civil Service Commission, Flint, MI, 1984–85

• Commissioner of Police, Flint, 1972–74

• Member, Political Leadership Program, Institute of Public Policy and Social Research

• Member, Ann Arbor Art Association Board of Directors

• Member, Holocaust Foundation (Ann Arbor)

• Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown University Law School

• Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy

• Visiting professor, University of San Diego Law School

• Member, National Advisory Committee for New York University Law School.

Attribution

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Material on this page was copied from the website of the United States Tax Court Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine , which is published by a United States government agency, and is therefore in the public domain .

References

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1. ↑ United States Senate Committee on Finance (1992). Nominations of Carolyn P. Chiechi and David Laro . p. 6.
2. ↑ "PRESS RELEASE" (PDF) (Press release). September 25, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

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