Richard Gary Taranto (born May 6, 1957) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 74/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 2013–Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 2013–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1984–1986, 1989–2013
U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant to the solicitor general · 1986–1989
Law clerk , Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor · 1983–1984
Law clerk , Hon. Robert Bork · 1982–1983
Law clerk , Hon. Abraham Sofaer · 1981–1982
Appointments
2013–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)- 2013–present
Education
J.D. · 1981- Pomona CollegeB.A. · 1977