Courtney Dunbar Jones

Tax Court
	Federal Circuit
Judgeships
	Posts: 19
	Judges: 19
	Vacancies: 0
Judges
	Chief: Kathleen Kerrigan
	Active judges: Jeffrey Arbeit, Tamara Ashford, Ronald L. Buch, Elizabeth Ann Copeland, Maurice B. Foley, Cathy Fung, Travis A. Greaves, Benjamin Guider, Rose Jenkins, Courtney Dunbar Jones, Kathleen Kerrigan, Adam Landy, Alina Marshall, Joseph W. Nega, Cary Douglas Pugh, Emin Toro, Patrick J. Urda, Kashi Way, Christian Weiler; Senior judges:; Mary Ann Cohen, Joseph Robert Goeke, David Gustafson, James S. Halpern, Mark V. Holmes, Albert G. Lauber, L. Paige Marvel, Richard T. Morrison, Elizabeth Crewson Paris, Michael B. Thornton, Juan F. Vasquez

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
	Name: Courtney Dunbar Jones
	Court: United States Tax Court
Progress
	Confirmed 554 days after nomination.
	Nominated: January 24, 2018
	ABA Rating: N/A
	Questionnaire: [N/A Questionnaire]
	Hearing: December 11, 2018
	QFRs: [N/A QFRs] (Hover over QFRs to read more)
	Reported: December 13, 2018; March 26, 2019
	Confirmed: August 1, 2019
	Vote: Voice vote

Courtney Dunbar Jones is a judge on the United States Tax Court. On January 24, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Jones to serve as an Article I federal judge on this court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones on August 1, 2019, by voice vote.^[1]^[2] To see a full list of judges appointed by Donald Trump, click here.

The United States Tax Court is an Article I federal trial court established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution. To learn more about the court, click here.

Jones was previously a senior attorney in the Tax-Exempt and Government Entities division in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service.^[3]

Judicial nominations and appointments

U.S. Tax Court

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

On January 24, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Jones to serve as an Article I federal judge on the United States Tax Court. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones on August 1, 2019, by voice vote.^[1]^[2]

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones on August 1, 2019, by voice vote.^[2]

Senate Finance Committee hearing

The Senate Finance Committee held hearings on Jones' nomination on December 11, 2018. The committee favorably reported her nomination on December 13, 2018.^[1] The Senate Finance Committee reported her nomination a second time on March 26, 2019.^[2]

Nomination

President Trump nominated Jones to the United States Tax Court on January 23, 2018, to serve as a federal judge.^[3] The nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2019.^[4]^[1]

President Trump resubmitted Jones' nomination, sending it to the Senate on February 6, 2019.^[5]

Jones was nominated to succeed Judge John O. Colvin.^[1]

Education

Jones received her undergraduate degree from Hampton University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.^[3]

Professional career

At the time of her nomination, Jones was a senior attorney in the Tax-Exempt and Government Entities division in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. Before that, she was in private practice with Caplin & Drysdale and with Bird, Loechl, Brittain & McCants.^[3]

About the court

The United States Tax Court is an Article I federal trial court established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, Section 8 of which provides (in part) that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court." Tax Court judges are appointed for a term of fifteen years.

The court has jurisdiction over claims across the United States.

The Tax Court specializes in adjudicating disputes over federal income tax, generally prior to the time at which the formal tax assessments are made by the Internal Revenue Service. Though taxpayers may choose to litigate tax matters in a variety of legal settings, the Tax Court is the only forum in which taxpayers outside of bankruptcy may do so without having first paid the disputed tax in full. Parties who contest the imposition of a tax may also bring an action in any United States District Court, or in the United States Court of Federal Claims; however these venues require that the tax be paid first, and that the party then file a lawsuit to recover the contested amount paid (the "full payment rule" of Flora v. United States). According to the court's website, the jurisdiction also includes, "authority to redetermine transferee liability, make certain types of declaratory judgments, adjust partnership items, order abatement of interest, award administrative and litigation costs, redetermine worker classification, determine relief from joint and several liability on a joint return, review certain collection actions, and review awards to whistleblowers who provide information to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on or after December 20, 2006."^[6]