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Court:

United States Tax Court

Title:

Senior Judge

Chambers:

Washington, DC

Status:

Senior (2007)

Nomination Information:

Educational Background:

President:

George H.W. Bush

Law School:

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, J.D., 1967

Nominated:

1992

Other Schools:

University of Michigan, B.A., 1964
New York University, LL.M., 1970

Confirmed:

1992

Prior Federal Judicial Service:

None

Professional Career History:

Admitted to Michigan Bar, and United States District Court (Eastern District) 1968; former partner law firm of Winegarden, Booth, Shedd, and Laro, 1970-75; member of law firm of Laro and Borgeson, 1975-86; member, David Laro, Attorney at Law, P.C., 1986-92; 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. At the request of the American Bar Association and the Central Eastern European Law Initiative, Judge 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, Judge Laro lectured in Moscow to Russian judges on the subject of tax reform and litigation procedures in May 1997 and December 1998. Judge Laro is a commentator for the American Bar Association's Central and East European Law Initiative on the draft laws of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Republic of Macedonia. Judge Laro lectured to Judges and tax officials in Azerbaijan on tax reform.

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