David A. Tapp
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{{Short description|American judge (born 1962)}}
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| name = David A. Tapp
| image = David A. Tapp (cropped).jpg
| office = Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
| term_start = November 19, 2019
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| appointer = Donald Trump
| predecessor = Lynn J. Bush
| successor =
| office1 = Judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky
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| term_start1 = 2005
| term_end1 = November 19, 2019
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
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| education = Morehead State University (BA)
Chaminade University of Honolulu (MS)
University of Louisville (JD)
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David Austin Tapp (born 1962) is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and a former circuit court judge from Kentucky.{{Cite web|url=https://uscfc.uscourts.gov/david-a-tapp|title=Judges, U.S. Court of Federal Claims|last=|first=|date=|website=U.S. Court of Federal Claims|access-date=}}
Education
Tapp received his Bachelor of Arts from Morehead State University, his Master of Science from the Chaminade University of Honolulu, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville School of Law.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-united-states-attorney-nominee-united-states-marshal-nominees/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, a United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, March 1, 2019] {{PD-notice}}
Campaign for Kentucky Supreme Court
In 2017, he announced that he would run in 2018 for Justice Daniel J. Venters' seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court representing the 3rd Supreme Court district. Veters, whose term ended on January 6, 2019, announced in 2017 that he would not seek reelection.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article165213767.html|title=Somerset judge announces he'll run for Kentucky Supreme Court|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|access-date=January 21, 2018|language=en}} Tapp was defeated in the nonpartisan primary.{{cite news |last1=Latek |first1=Tom |title=Somerset judge nominated for federal court post |url=http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/somerset-judge-nominated-for-federal-court-post,18084 |access-date=March 28, 2019 |publisher=Kentucky Today |date=March 1, 2019}}
Federal judicial service
On March 1, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Tapp to a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims. On March 5, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Tapp to the seat vacated by Judge Lynn J. Bush, who assumed senior status on October 22, 2013.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/ten-nominations-one-withdrawal-sent-senate/ "Ten Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, March 5, 2019] On May 22, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/05/22/2019/nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for May 22, 2019] On June 20, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 18–4 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20June%2020%202019.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 20, 2019|publisher=Senate Judiciary Committee}} On November 5, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 83–9 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00343|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Austin Tapp to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims)|date=November 5, 2019|website=United States Senate|access-date=November 7, 2019}} He was confirmed later that day by a 85–8 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00344|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims)|website=United States Senate|access-date=November 6, 2019}} He received his judicial commission on November 19, 2019,{{FJC Bio|nid=7324431|inline=yes}}
and took the oath of office on November 22, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/3143|title=David A. Tapp took the oath of office on November 22, 2019, as Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims|last=|first=|date=|website=U.S. Court of Federal Claims|access-date=}}
In May 2024, NPR revealed that Tapp had received free travel in late 2021 to the Sage Lodge Colloquium, a privately funded legal seminar hosted at a resort in Montana's Paradise Valley, but had failed to disclose this on his annual financial disclosure form for that year, in violation of federal ethics law.{{Cite web |last=Dreisbach |first=Tom |last2=Johnson |first2=Carrie |date=2024-05-01 |title=When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501093641/https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips |archive-date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=NPR}} In response, Tapp told NPR that he had "begun the process of preparing an amended report."
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External links
- {{FJC Bio|nid=7324431}}
- {{Ballotpedia|David_A._Tapp|David A. Tapp}}
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Chaminade University of Honolulu alumni
Category:Circuit court judges in the United States
Category:Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Category:Kentucky state court judges
Category:Morehead State University alumni
Category:People from Lexington, Kentucky
Category:United States Article I federal judges appointed by Donald Trump