Richard Tallman

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Judge Richard Tallman is a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Tallman received his Bachelors degree from the University of Santa Clara and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law, where he served as the executive director of the law review. After serving as a law clerk for Judge Morell E. Sharp of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Tallman worked as a trial lawyer for the Department of Justice and as an assistant United States Attorney in Seattle, Washington. From 1983 until his appointment to the Ninth Circuit in 2000, Tallman was an attorney in private practice in Seattle, Washington.

Judge Tallman is on the record as supporting a split of the Ninth Circuit due to the backlog of cases.

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• Media release on Judge Tallman's appointment to the Ninth Circuit
• News story about Judge Tallman