Emin Toro (born November 10, 1974) is an American lawyer who serves as a

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of the

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Biography

Toro was born in

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, the son of Lavdie and Sali Toro. His father was a director for a

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and his mother was the artistic director for a

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. While in his teens, he met Dan Burrell, a Royal Palm Beach

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who went to

for Christian mission work in an

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. Toro was chosen to be the interpreter. After the mission was over, Burrell invited Toro to accompany him to the United States and attend college there. Toro received a

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from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a

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from the

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, where he was inducted into

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and was articles editor for the ''North Carolina Law Review''. After law school, Toro clerked for Judge

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Associate Justice

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of the

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. Toro is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He has been a partner at

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from 2008 to 2019.

Tax court service

On April 10, 2018, President

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nominated Toro to serve as a Judge of the

. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge

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, whose term expired on April 21, 2018. On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the

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. On February 6, 2019, his re-nomination was sent to the Senate. On May 23, 2019, the Senate Finance Committee reported his nomination out of committee by a 28–0 vote. On August 1, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate by

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. He was sworn in on October 18, 2019, for a term ending October 17, 2034.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toro, Emin 1974 births Living people 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American judges Albanian emigrants to the United States Judges of the United States Tax Court Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Palm Beach Atlantic University alumni People associated with Covington & Burling United States Article I federal judges appointed by Donald Trump University of North Carolina School of Law alumni

Biography

Tax court service

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