Emin Toro

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| name = Emin Toro

| image = Emin Toro.jpg

| caption = Toro in 2019

| office = Judge of the United States Tax Court

| appointer = Donald Trump

| term_start = October 18, 2019

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| predecessor = Joseph Robert Goeke

| successor =

| birth_place = Tirana, Albania

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| education = Palm Beach Atlantic University (BA)
University of North Carolina (JD)

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Emin Toro (born November 10, 1974){{cite web|url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/43844.pdf|title=Statement of Information Requested of Nominee|work=Senate Finance Committee|date=May 9, 2019}} is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Tax Court.

Biography

Toro was born in Albania, the son of Lavdie and Sali Toro. His father was a director for a furniture manufacturing company and his mother was the artistic director for a puppet theater. While in his teens, he met Dan Burrell, a Royal Palm Beach minister who went to Albania for Christian mission work in an orphanage. Toro was chosen to be the interpreter. After the mission was over, Burrell invited Toro to accompany him to the United States and attend college there.{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-04-27/news/9704260302_1_toro-plans-emin-toro-king-s-academy|title=Grad From Albania Overcomes Hardships|publisher=|access-date=2018-04-12|archive-date=2018-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412082527/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-04-27/news/9704260302_1_toro-plans-emin-toro-king-s-academy|url-status=dead}}

Toro received a Bachelor of Arts from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he was inducted into Order of the Coif and was articles editor for the North Carolina Law Review.{{cite journal |title=Board of Editors |journal=University of North Carolina Law Review |date=2000 |volume=78 |issue=6 |url=https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://www.law.unc.edu/searchresults.aspx?q=emin%20toro&httpsredir=1&article=3890&context=nclr |access-date=July 16, 2019}} After law school, Toro clerked for Judge Karen L. Henderson of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States. Toro is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He has been a partner at Covington & Burling from 2008 to 2019.{{cite news |last1=Scarcella |first1=Mike |title=Ex-Thomas Clerk Emin Toro Sails Through Hearing for US Tax Court |url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/05/09/ex-thomas-clerk-emin-toro-sails-through-hearing-for-us-tax-court/ |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Law.com |publisher=National Law Journal |date=May 9, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-twelfth-wave-judicial-nominees-twelfth-wave-united-states-attorneys-sixth-wave-united-states-marshals/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals |last= |first= |date=April 10, 2018 |access-date=April 10, 2018 |via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |quote=}} {{PD-notice}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/t/emin-toro |title= Emin Toro bio |last= |first= |date= |website=Covington & Burling |publisher= |access-date=April 10, 2018 |quote=}}

Tax court service

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Toro to serve as a Judge of the United States Tax Court. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Joseph Robert Goeke, whose term expired on April 21, 2018.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/ten-nominations-sent-senate-today-2/ "Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, April 10, 2018] On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.

On February 6, 2019, his re-nomination was sent to the Senate.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twelve-nominations-sent-senate/ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, February 6, 2019] On May 23, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee reported his nomination out of committee by a 28–0 vote.[https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Session%20to%20Favorably%20Report%20Pending%20Nominations.pdf Results of Executive Session to Consider Favorably Reporting the Nominations of David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January 19, 2025 and Emin Toro, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, May 23, 2019] On August 1, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/368 |title=PN368 - Nomination of Emin Toro for United States Tax Court, 116th Congress (2019-2020) |date=2019-08-01 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=2019-08-06}} He was sworn in on October 18, 2019, for a term ending October 17, 2034.