Michael B. Thornton

Michael B. Thornton (born Mississippi, 1954) is a judge of the United States Tax Court.

Education

Thornton graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. in Accounting in 1976. In 1977, he graduated from the same school with a M.S. in Accounting. In 1979, he graduated with a M.A. in English literature from the University of Tennessee. In 1982, he graduated with distinction with a J.D. degreefrom Duke University School of Law, where he served on the Duke Law Journal Editorial Board, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He served as law clerk to Charles Clark, Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1983-1984.

Thornton was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, on March 8, 1998 for a term ending March 7, 2013

Accomplishments and employment

• Practiced law as an Associate attorney, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., summer 1981, and 1982–1983
• Miller and Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C., 1985–1988
• Served as Tax Counsel, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, 1988–1993
• Chief Minority Tax Counsel, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, January 1995
• Attorney-Adviser, United States Department of the Treasury, February–April 1995
• Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel in the Office of Tax Policy, United States Department of the Treasury, April 1995-February 1998
• Recipient of Treasury Secretary's Annual Award, United States Department of the Treasury, 1997
• Meritorious Service Award, United States Department of the Treasury, 1998

• He has a daughter named Kaley.

References

• Material on this page was copied from the website of the United States Tax Court, which is published by a United States government agency, and is therefore in the public domain.